linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] efi: Resolve some shadow warnings

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Date:	Sat, 6 Sep 2014 10:03:31 +0100
From:	Matt Fleming <matt@...sole-pimps.org>
To:	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Cc:	matt.fleming@...el.com, Mark Rustad <mark.d.rustad@...el.com>,
	linux-efi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] efi: Resolve some shadow warnings

On Fri, 05 Sep, at 06:34:52PM, Jeff Kirsher wrote:
> From: Mark Rustad <mark.d.rustad@...el.com>
> 
> It is a really bad idea to declare variables or parameters that
> have the same name as common types. It is valid C, but it gets
> surprising if a macro expansion attempts to declare an inner
> local with that type. Change the local names to eliminate the
> hazard.
 
Oops, good catch. Could you include a copy of the compiler shadow
warnings in the commit log? I'm guessing this bug is highlighted with
-Wshadow? How did you discover this problem?

> Change s16 => ps16, s8 => ps8.
 
Hmm... Instead, could you change it to str16 and str8? s8/s16 were
clearly misguided names in the first place, and it's not immediatealy
obvious to me that a 'ps16' would represent "pointer to 16-bit string".

-- 
Matt Fleming, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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