linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ftrace: Don't convert function's local variable name in macro

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Message-ID: <20090527134738.GB5982@nowhere>
Date:	Wed, 27 May 2009 15:47:39 +0200
From:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
To:	Zhaolei <zhaolei@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ftrace: Don't convert function's local variable name
	in macro

On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 09:36:02PM +0800, Zhaolei wrote:
> "call" is a argument of macro, but it is also used as a local variable name of
> function in macro.
> We should keep this local variable name static although it haven't cause
> problem now.
> 
> [ Impact: cleanup, no functionality changed ]
> 
> Signed-off-by: Zhao Lei <zhaolei@...fujitsu.com>


Indeed, that can prevent unexpected things in the future.

Acked-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>

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