Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 12 Aug 2009 07:01:52 +0200 (CEST) | From | Julia Lawall <> | Subject | Re: Typedef removal tool |
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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
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