linux-kernel - [PATCH 02/17] genksyms: rename cvar_qualifier to type

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Message-ID: <20250113150253.3097820-3-masahiroy@kernel.org>
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2025 00:00:40 +0900
From: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
To: linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 02/17] genksyms: rename cvar_qualifier to type_qualifier

I believe "cvar" stands for "Const, Volatile, Attribute, or Restrict".

This is called "type-qualifier" in K&R. [1]

Adopt this more generic naming.

No functional changes are intended.

[1] https://cs.wmich.edu/~gupta/teaching/cs4850/sumII06/The%20syntax%20of%20C%20in%20Backus-Naur%20form.htm

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
---

 scripts/genksyms/parse.y | 16 ++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/genksyms/parse.y b/scripts/genksyms/parse.y
index 02f2f713ec5a..8f62b9f0d99c 100644
--- a/scripts/genksyms/parse.y
+++ b/scripts/genksyms/parse.y
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ storage_class_specifier:
 
 type_specifier:
 	simple_type_specifier
-	| cvar_qualifier
+	| type_qualifier
 	| TYPEOF_KEYW '(' parameter_declaration ')'
 	| TYPEOF_PHRASE
 
@@ -270,21 +270,21 @@ simple_type_specifier:
 	;
 
 ptr_operator:
-	'*' cvar_qualifier_seq_opt
+	'*' type_qualifier_seq_opt
 		{ $$ = $2 ? $2 : $1; }
 	;
 
-cvar_qualifier_seq_opt:
+type_qualifier_seq_opt:
 	/* empty */					{ $$ = NULL; }
-	| cvar_qualifier_seq
+	| type_qualifier_seq
 	;
 
-cvar_qualifier_seq:
-	cvar_qualifier
-	| cvar_qualifier_seq cvar_qualifier		{ $$ = $2; }
+type_qualifier_seq:
+	type_qualifier
+	| type_qualifier_seq type_qualifier		{ $$ = $2; }
 	;
 
-cvar_qualifier:
+type_qualifier:
 	CONST_KEYW | VOLATILE_KEYW | ATTRIBUTE_PHRASE
 	| RESTRICT_KEYW
 		{ /* restrict has no effect in prototypes so ignore it */
-- 
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