Messages in this thread | | | From | "Luis R. Rodriguez" <> | Date | Wed, 12 Aug 2009 00:45:35 -0700 | Subject | Re: Typedef removal tool |
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On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 10:01 PM, Julia Lawall<julia@diku.dk> wrote: > 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.
Sounds like a very proper way to do this.
I wrote something not-so-proper and simple based on Joe's work that just replaces a specified typedef name with one the user specifies. Should do it for simple porting where you do not have to prove correctness and avoid namespace collisions.
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