On 8/28/20 10:15 PM, Masahiro Yamada wrote: > Documentation/process/coding-style.rst says: > > Please don't use things like ``vps_t``. > It's a **mistake** to use typedef for structures and pointers. > > This commit converts as follows: > > struct pal_min_state_area_s -> struct pal_min_state_area > pal_min_state_area_t -> struct pal_min_state_area > > My main motivation for this is to slim down the include directives > of <asm/mca.h> in the next commit. > > Currently, <asm/mca.h> is required to include <asm/pal.h> directly > or indirectly due to (pal_min_state_area_t *). Otherwise, it would > have no idea what pal_min_state_area_t is. > > Replacing it with (struct pal_min_state_area *) will relax the header > dependency since it is enough to tell it is a pointer to a structure, > and to resolve the size of struct pal_min_state_area. It will make > <asm/mca.h> independent of <asm/pal.h>. > > <asm/pal.h> typedef's a lot of structures, but it is trivial to > convert the others in the same way. > > Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > > arch/ia64/include/asm/mca.h | 2 +- > arch/ia64/include/asm/pal.h | 4 ++-- > arch/ia64/include/asm/sal.h | 2 +- > arch/ia64/kernel/asm-offsets.c | 18 +++++++++--------- > arch/ia64/kernel/mca.c | 4 ++-- > arch/ia64/kernel/mca_drv.c | 2 +- > 6 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) > thanks. -- ~Randy