linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Staging: keucr: Remove all type defines

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Message-ID: <20110302193741.GO18043@bicker>
Date:	Wed, 2 Mar 2011 22:37:41 +0300
From:	Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>
To:	Roel Van Nyen <roel.vannyen@...il.com>
Cc:	gregkh@...e.de, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, acho@...ell.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Staging: keucr: Remove all type defines

On Wed, Mar 02, 2011 at 08:20:23PM +0100, Roel Van Nyen wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 01, 2011 at 11:00:06PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> > On Tue, Mar 01, 2011 at 08:29:50PM +0100, Roel Van Nyen wrote:
> > > -typedef u8 BOOLEAN;
> > 
> > It might be better to use bool type or int for boolean variables.  But
> > that can't be done automatically, it has to be audited carefully.  I
> > don't feel strongly about this, I'm just throwing it out there as food
> > for thought.  You are using the remove-typedef program btw?
> 
> I did not use the remove-typedef program, I used perl regex. (btw: where is that, i could not find it)

I just saw Luis R. Rodriguez mention it.  I hadn't heard of it before.

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/mcgrof/scripts/remove-typedef

> I will post a patchset later tonight wich contains the removal of all the types from this driver.
> The first patch will contain the removal of all types except the BOOLEAN.
> In the second one I will remove the boolean and check where to make it an integer and where a bool.

Sounds good.

regards,
dan carpenter

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