linux-kernel - [PATCH] mm: Use min3/max3 macros to avoid shadow warnings

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Date:	Wed,  3 Sep 2014 00:48:17 -0700
From:	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
To:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:	Mark Rustad <mark.d.rustad@...el.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Subject: [PATCH] mm: Use min3/max3 macros to avoid shadow warnings

From: Mark Rustad <mark.d.rustad@...el.com>

Nested calls to min/max functions result in shadow warnings in
W=2 builds. Avoid the warning by using the min3 and max3 macros
to get the min/max of 3 values instead of nested calls.

Signed-off-by: Mark Rustad <mark.d.rustad@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
---
 mm/page-writeback.c | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c
index 91d73ef..35ca710 100644
--- a/mm/page-writeback.c
+++ b/mm/page-writeback.c
@@ -1075,13 +1075,13 @@ static void bdi_update_dirty_ratelimit(struct backing_dev_info *bdi,
 	}
 
 	if (dirty < setpoint) {
-		x = min(bdi->balanced_dirty_ratelimit,
-			 min(balanced_dirty_ratelimit, task_ratelimit));
+		x = min3(bdi->balanced_dirty_ratelimit,
+			 balanced_dirty_ratelimit, task_ratelimit);
 		if (dirty_ratelimit < x)
 			step = x - dirty_ratelimit;
 	} else {
-		x = max(bdi->balanced_dirty_ratelimit,
-			 max(balanced_dirty_ratelimit, task_ratelimit));
+		x = max3(bdi->balanced_dirty_ratelimit,
+			 balanced_dirty_ratelimit, task_ratelimit);
 		if (dirty_ratelimit > x)
 			step = dirty_ratelimit - x;
 	}
-- 
1.9.3

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