From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752455AbZHLFB4 (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 Aug 2009 01:01:56 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752283AbZHLFBz (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 Aug 2009 01:01:55 -0400 Received: from mgw1.diku.dk ([130.225.96.91]:44001 "EHLO mgw1.diku.dk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752124AbZHLFBy (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 Aug 2009 01:01:54 -0400 Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 07:01:52 +0200 (CEST) From: Julia Lawall To: "Luis R. Rodriguez" Cc: devel@driverdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Nicolas Palix Subject: Re: Typedef removal tool In-Reply-To: <43e72e890908111418m47910085k2d0016e2add8914f@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: References: <43e72e890908111418m47910085k2d0016e2add8914f@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 11 Aug 2009, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > Anyone know if there is a typedef removal tool? When porting drivers > this needs to be done quite often. > > FWIW I've started porting some driver and have come across some tools, > or written my own scripts, which have helped. Using spatch to port a > driver was such a tool I explored. I think I'll try to put together > some info on the driver project wiki for this. typdef removal tool > would still be neat. Nicolas Palix (in CC) did a bit of work on this recently using Coccinelle, but the problem is that simply removing the typedef is not enough, one has to come up with a name that is within the spirit of the names used in Linux, or perhaps recognize that the structure in question already exists in a more general form in the kernel an thus the declaration should be removed completely. Someone else made a dedicated tool using a dictionary of the old and new names that at least partially addresses these problems. Nicolas knows who that person is. julia