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Date:   Tue, 13 Aug 2019 14:44:32 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 08/10] scripts: Coccinelle script for namespace
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On Tue, Aug 13, 2019 at 01:17:05PM +0100, Matthias Maennich wrote:
> A script that uses the '<module>.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 <maco@android.com>
> Signed-off-by: Martijn Coenen <maco@android.com>
> Signed-off-by: Matthias Maennich <maennich@google.com>
> ---

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 <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>