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Re: UVM typedef struct



> I would like to typedef and replace the struct usage in UVM, so that
> struct vm_map would become vm_map_t, struct vm_anon - vm_anon_t, and
> so on.  It increases readability and makes UVM consistent in this
> respect with other subsystems (cf. sys/kern).  Any concerns?

This sounds good.  But I would utter a plea to please _not_ start
creating similar typedefs for pointers to those structures.  I, for
one, find it borders on crippling for readability to see something like
"foobar_t something;" and not realize until much later that it's
actually a pointer.

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