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coccinelle.txt: update documentation to include M= option
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Adding documentation for the new M= option which limits Coccinelle
to a specific set of directories.

Signed-off-by: Greg Dietsche <Gregory.Dietsche@cuw.edu>
Acked-by: Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@lip6.fr>
Signed-off-by: Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz>
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Greg Dietsche authored and Michal Marek committed Jan 14, 2012
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make coccicheck COCCI=<my_SP.cocci> MODE=report


Using Coccinelle on (modified) files
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Controlling Which Files are Processed by Coccinelle
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
By default the entire kernel source tree is checked.

To apply Coccinelle to a specific directory, M= can be used.
For example, to check drivers/net/wireless/ one may write:

make coccicheck M=drivers/net/wireless/

To apply Coccinelle on a file basis, instead of a directory basis, the
following command may be used:

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