[PATCH 00/24] treewide: Convert use of typedef ctl_table to struct ctl_table

[David Daney]

On 10/22/2013 03:29 PM, Joe Perches wrote:
> Joe Perches (24):
>    arm: Convert use of typedef ctl_table to struct ctl_table
>    ia64: Convert use of typedef ctl_table to struct ctl_table
>    s390: Convert use of typedef ctl_table to struct ctl_table
>    tile: Convert use of typedef ctl_table to struct ctl_table
>    cdrom: Convert use of typedef ctl_table to struct ctl_table
>    random: Convert use of typedef ctl_table to struct ctl_table
>    infiniband: Convert use of typedef ctl_table to struct ctl_table
>    md: Convert use of typedef ctl_table to struct ctl_table
>    parport: Convert use of typedef ctl_table to struct ctl_table
>    scsi: Convert use of typedef ctl_table to struct ctl_table
>    coda: Convert use of typedef ctl_table to struct ctl_table
>    fscache: Convert use of typedef ctl_table to struct ctl_table
>    lockd: Convert use of typedef ctl_table to struct ctl_table
>    nfs: Convert use of typedef ctl_table to struct ctl_table
>    inotify: Convert use of typedef ctl_table to struct ctl_table
>    ntfs: Convert use of typedef ctl_table to struct ctl_table
>    ocfs2: Convert use of typedef ctl_table to struct ctl_table
>    proc: Convert use of typedef ctl_table to struct ctl_table
>    fs: Convert use of typedef ctl_table to struct ctl_table
>    key: Convert use of typedef ctl_table to struct ctl_table
>    ipc: Convert use of typedef ctl_table to struct ctl_table
>    kernel: Convert use of typedef ctl_table to struct ctl_table
>    mm: Convert use of typedef ctl_table to struct ctl_table
>    security:keys: Convert use of typedef ctl_table to struct ctl_table

After all this work, why not go ahead and remove the typedef?  That way 
people won't add more users of this abomination.

David Daney



>
>   arch/arm/kernel/isa.c              |  6 ++---
>   arch/ia64/kernel/crash.c           |  4 +--
>   arch/ia64/kernel/perfmon.c         |  6 ++---
>   arch/s390/appldata/appldata_base.c | 10 ++++----
>   arch/s390/kernel/debug.c           |  2 +-
>   arch/s390/mm/cmm.c                 |  8 +++---
>   arch/tile/kernel/proc.c            |  4 +--
>   drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c              | 10 ++++----
>   drivers/char/random.c              |  4 +--
>   drivers/infiniband/core/ucma.c     |  2 +-
>   drivers/md/md.c                    |  6 ++---
>   drivers/parport/procfs.c           | 52 ++++++++++++++++++--------------------
>   drivers/scsi/scsi_sysctl.c         |  6 ++---
>   fs/coda/sysctl.c                   |  4 +--
>   fs/dcache.c                        |  2 +-
>   fs/drop_caches.c                   |  2 +-
>   fs/eventpoll.c                     |  2 +-
>   fs/file_table.c                    |  4 +--
>   fs/fscache/main.c                  |  4 +--
>   fs/inode.c                         |  2 +-
>   fs/lockd/svc.c                     |  6 ++---
>   fs/nfs/nfs4sysctl.c                |  6 ++---
>   fs/nfs/sysctl.c                    |  6 ++---
>   fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c   |  2 +-
>   fs/ntfs/sysctl.c                   |  4 +--
>   fs/ocfs2/stackglue.c               |  8 +++---
>   fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c              |  2 +-
>   include/linux/key.h                |  2 +-
>   ipc/ipc_sysctl.c                   | 14 +++++-----
>   ipc/mq_sysctl.c                    | 10 ++++----
>   kernel/sysctl.c                    |  2 +-
>   kernel/utsname_sysctl.c            |  6 ++---
>   mm/page-writeback.c                |  2 +-
>   mm/page_alloc.c                    | 12 ++++-----
>   security/keys/sysctl.c             |  2 +-
>   35 files changed, 111 insertions(+), 113 deletions(-)
>