linux-kernel - Re: Typedef removal tool

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Date:	Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:23:05 +0200
From:	Nicolas Palix <npalix@...u.dk>
To:	"Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...il.com>,
	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:	Julia Lawall <julia@...u.dk>, devel@...uxdriverproject.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Typedef removal tool

On Wednesday 12 August 2009 09:45:35 Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 10:01 PM, Julia Lawall<julia@...u.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.
> 

We have done this for the new Hyper-V drivers.
Joe Perches (CC) proposes a shell and perl solution (cvt_typedef_to_struct.bash)
with the typedefs file dictionary, attached to this email.

I have modified my typedef_str.cocci file to use his dictionary.
This cocci file generates a cocci file per typedef to remove.
The generated files could be applied with the modified version
of Joe's shell script or by hand, at your convenience.

>   Luis
> 


-- 
Nicolas Palix

Download attachment "cvt_typedef_to_struct.bash" of type "application/x-shellscript" (897 bytes)

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