linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] perf config: Fix build with older toolchain.

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Date:	Tue, 5 Apr 2016 10:38:19 -0300
From:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
To:	Taeung Song <taeung.dev@...il.com>
Cc:	Vinson Lee <vlee@...edesktop.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
	Taeung Song <treeze.taeung@...il.com>,
	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
	Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>,
	Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...mgrid.com>,
	Wang Nan <wangnan0@...wei.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf config: Fix build with older toolchain.

Em Tue, Apr 05, 2016 at 02:24:19PM +0900, Taeung Song escreveu:
> On 04/05/2016 07:07 AM, Vinson Lee wrote:
> >  	if (!strcmp(var, "buildid.dir")) {
> >-		const char *dirname = perf_config_dirname(var, value);
> >+		const char *v = perf_config_dirname(var, value);
> 
> Why you use 'v' variable name ?
> 
> 'v' variable name was used in set_buildid_dir(), too.
> But I send a patch renaming 'v' to 'home' because 'home' is more readable.
> 37194f4 ("perf config: Rename 'v' to 'home' in set_buildid_dir()")
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/3/27/98
> 
> IMHO, I like using 'dir' instead of 'v'.

Whatever, I'm switching this to 'dir', but don't pay _that_ much
attention to variables that have such a narrow scope...

- Arnaldo