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From: Matt Fleming <matt-HNK1S37rvNbeXh+fF434Mdi2O/JbrIOy@public.gmane.org>
To: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Cc: matt.fleming-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org,
	Mark Rustad
	<mark.d.rustad-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>,
	linux-efi-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
	linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] efi: Resolve some shadow warnings
Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2014 10:03:31 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140906090331.GQ3001@console-pimps.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1409967292-31441-1-git-send-email-jeffrey.t.kirsher-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>

On Fri, 05 Sep, at 06:34:52PM, Jeff Kirsher wrote:
> From: Mark Rustad <mark.d.rustad-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
> 
> It is a really bad idea to declare variables or parameters that
> have the same name as common types. It is valid C, but it gets
> surprising if a macro expansion attempts to declare an inner
> local with that type. Change the local names to eliminate the
> hazard.
 
Oops, good catch. Could you include a copy of the compiler shadow
warnings in the commit log? I'm guessing this bug is highlighted with
-Wshadow? How did you discover this problem?

> Change s16 => ps16, s8 => ps8.
 
Hmm... Instead, could you change it to str16 and str8? s8/s16 were
clearly misguided names in the first place, and it's not immediatealy
obvious to me that a 'ps16' would represent "pointer to 16-bit string".

-- 
Matt Fleming, Intel Open Source Technology Center

  parent reply	other threads:[~2014-09-06  9:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-09-06  1:34 [PATCH] efi: Resolve some shadow warnings Jeff Kirsher
     [not found] ` <1409967292-31441-1-git-send-email-jeffrey.t.kirsher-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2014-09-06  9:03   ` Matt Fleming [this message]
     [not found]     ` <20140906090331.GQ3001-HNK1S37rvNbeXh+fF434Mdi2O/JbrIOy@public.gmane.org>
2014-09-06  9:15       ` Jeff Kirsher

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