From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:51546 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1728290AbfHMMof (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Aug 2019 08:44:35 -0400 Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2019 14:44:32 +0200 From: Greg KH Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 08/10] scripts: Coccinelle script for namespace dependencies. Message-ID: <20190813124432.GA12475@kroah.com> References: <20180716122125.175792-1-maco@android.com> <20190813121733.52480-1-maennich@google.com> <20190813121733.52480-9-maennich@google.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20190813121733.52480-9-maennich@google.com> Sender: linux-kbuild-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: Matthias Maennich Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, maco@android.com, kernel-team@android.com, arnd@arndb.de, geert@linux-m68k.org, hpa@zytor.com, jeyu@kernel.org, joel@joelfernandes.org, kstewart@linuxfoundation.org, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org, linux-m68k@lists.linux-m68k.org, linux-modules@vger.kernel.org, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, lucas.de.marchi@gmail.com, maco@google.com, michal.lkml@markovi.net, mingo@redhat.com, oneukum@suse.com, pombredanne@nexb.com, sam@ravnborg.org, sboyd@codeaurora.org, sspatil@google.com, stern@rowland.harvard.edu, tglx@linutronix.de, usb-storage@lists.one-eyed-alien.net, x86@kernel.org, yamada.masahiro@socionext.com, Julia Lawall , Gilles Muller , Nicolas Palix , Mauro Carvalho Chehab , "David S. Miller" , Jonathan Cameron , Nicolas Ferre , cocci@systeme.lip6.fr On Tue, Aug 13, 2019 at 01:17:05PM +0100, Matthias Maennich wrote: > A script that uses the '.ns_deps' file generated by modpost to > automatically add the required symbol namespace dependencies to each > module. > > Usage: > 1) Move some symbols to a namespace with EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS() or define > DEFAULT_SYMBOL_NAMESPACE > 2) Run 'make' (or 'make modules') and get warnings about modules not > importing that namespace. > 3) Run 'make nsdeps' to automatically add required import statements > to said modules. > > This makes it easer for subsystem maintainers to introduce and maintain > symbol namespaces into their codebase. > > Co-developed-by: Martijn Coenen > Signed-off-by: Martijn Coenen > Signed-off-by: Matthias Maennich > --- I really can't express just how cool this patch is. I was amazed when I first saw it in action a long time ago, and still am. Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman