From: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Marcin __lusarz <marcin.slusarz@gmail.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, adaplas@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fbcon: fix sparse warning about shadowing 'p' symbol
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 21:50:32 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20071212025032.GA21298@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20071211165700.fb20c939.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
On Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 04:57:00PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > --- a/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c
> > +++ b/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c
> > @@ -2795,7 +2795,7 @@ static int fbcon_scrolldelta(struct vc_data *vc, int lines)
> > {
> > struct fb_info *info = registered_fb[con2fb_map[fg_console]];
> > struct fbcon_ops *ops = info->fbcon_par;
> > - struct display *p = &fb_display[fg_console];
> > + struct display *disp = &fb_display[fg_console];
>
> We have a global symbol called "p"? That would be bad. Where is it?
in the same function.
We have quite a few shadow warnings in that file.
drivers/video/console/fbcon.c:337:25: warning: symbol '_x' shadows an earlier one
drivers/video/console/fbcon.c:337:25: originally declared here
drivers/video/console/fbcon.c:337:25: warning: symbol '_x' shadows an earlier one
drivers/video/console/fbcon.c:337:25: originally declared here
drivers/video/console/fbcon.c:337:25: warning: symbol '_y' shadows an earlier one
drivers/video/console/fbcon.c:337:25: originally declared here
drivers/video/console/fbcon.c:2813:19: warning: symbol 'p' shadows an earlier one
drivers/video/console/fbcon.c:2798:17: originally declared here
drivers/video/console/fbcon.c:3336:6: warning: symbol 'rotate' shadows an earlier one
drivers/video/console/fbcon.c:150:12: originally declared here
drivers/video/console/fbcon.c:3361:6: warning: symbol 'rotate' shadows an earlier one
drivers/video/console/fbcon.c:150:12: originally declared here
drivers/video/console/fbcon.c:3385:6: warning: symbol 'rotate' shadows an earlier one
drivers/video/console/fbcon.c:150:12: originally declared here
Dave
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-12-12 2:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-12-09 21:34 [PATCH] fbcon: fix sparse warning about shadowing 'p' symbol Marcin Ślusarz
2007-12-12 0:57 ` Andrew Morton
2007-12-12 2:50 ` Dave Jones [this message]
2007-12-12 19:37 ` Marcin Ślusarz
2007-12-12 19:23 ` David Miller
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