linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH] fs.h: introduce functions to get/set file->private

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Message-ID: <1282002601.6518.116.camel@Joe-Laptop>
Date:	Mon, 16 Aug 2010 16:50:01 -0700
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	H Hartley Sweeten <hartleys@...ionengravers.com>
Cc:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"matthew@....cx" <matthew@....cx>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] fs.h: introduce functions to get/set file->private_data

On Mon, 2010-08-16 at 18:36 -0500, H Hartley Sweeten wrote:
> It's just a pain trying to figure out where the file 'private_data' is being
> used.

spatch (coccinelle) could help a lot with this style problem.

For instance, here's a grep equivalent for any use
of (struct file) member private_data in directory fs

$ cat t.cocci
@@
struct file *file;
@@

* file->private_data
$ spatch -very_quiet -sp_file t.cocci fs


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