linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm/vmalloc.c: fix sparse warning

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Message-Id: <20090423135146.89026a2b.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:51:46 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
Cc:	hartleys@...ionengravers.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm/vmalloc.c: fix sparse warning

On Thu, 23 Apr 2009 21:35:57 +0100
Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk> wrote:

> On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 01:23:58PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > On Fri, 17 Apr 2009 20:55:06 -0400
> > "H Hartley Sweeten" <hartleys@...ionengravers.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > Fix sparse warning in mm/vmalloc.c.
> > > 
> > >   warning: symbol 'tmp' shadows an earlier one
> 
> Folks, could we please add to appropriate documentation (SubmittingPatches,
> perhaps) a bit about using descriptive subjects?

If everyone did that, my typing skillz would deteriorate.

> In general, "$TOOL warning in $FILE" says nothing useful.  In this case
> "Get rid of shadowed variable in mm/vmalloc.c:<function>" would be far
> more useful, with "found by sparse" _maybe_ showing up in the commit
> message more or less as a footnote.  Or even "shadowed variable in
> mm/vmalloc.c:<function>".

yup.
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