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genksyms: rename cvar_qualifier to type_qualifier

I believe "cvar" stands for "Const, Volatile, Attribute, or Restrict".

This is called "type-qualifier" in K&R. [1]

Adopt this more generic naming.

No functional changes are intended.

[1] https://cs.wmich.edu/~gupta/teaching/cs4850/sumII06/The%20syntax%20of%20C%20in%20Backus-Naur%20form.htm

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Nicolas Schier <n.schier@avm.de>

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scripts/genksyms/parse.y
··· 223 223 224 224 type_specifier: 225 225 simple_type_specifier 226 - | cvar_qualifier 226 + | type_qualifier 227 227 | TYPEOF_KEYW '(' parameter_declaration ')' 228 228 | TYPEOF_PHRASE 229 229 ··· 270 270 ; 271 271 272 272 ptr_operator: 273 - '*' cvar_qualifier_seq_opt 273 + '*' type_qualifier_seq_opt 274 274 { $$ = $2 ? $2 : $1; } 275 275 ; 276 276 277 - cvar_qualifier_seq_opt: 277 + type_qualifier_seq_opt: 278 278 /* empty */ { $$ = NULL; } 279 - | cvar_qualifier_seq 279 + | type_qualifier_seq 280 280 ; 281 281 282 - cvar_qualifier_seq: 283 - cvar_qualifier 284 - | cvar_qualifier_seq cvar_qualifier { $$ = $2; } 282 + type_qualifier_seq: 283 + type_qualifier 284 + | type_qualifier_seq type_qualifier { $$ = $2; } 285 285 ; 286 286 287 - cvar_qualifier: 287 + type_qualifier: 288 288 CONST_KEYW | VOLATILE_KEYW | ATTRIBUTE_PHRASE 289 289 | RESTRICT_KEYW 290 290 { /* restrict has no effect in prototypes so ignore it */