linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] thunderbolt: rename shadowed variables bit to interrupt_bit and auto_clear

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Date:   Thu, 16 Mar 2023 12:37:44 +0200
From:   Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Tom Rix <trix@...hat.com>
Cc:     andreas.noever@...il.com, michael.jamet@...el.com,
        YehezkelShB@...il.com, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] thunderbolt: rename shadowed variables bit to
 interrupt_bit and auto_clear_bit

On Thu, Mar 16, 2023 at 12:20:48PM +0200, Mika Westerberg wrote:
> +Cc Mario
> 
> On Wed, Mar 15, 2023 at 06:04:50PM -0400, Tom Rix wrote:
> > cppcheck reports
> > drivers/thunderbolt/nhi.c:74:7: style: Local variable 'bit' shadows outer variable [shadowVariable]
> >   int bit;
> >       ^
> > drivers/thunderbolt/nhi.c:66:6: note: Shadowed declaration
> >  int bit = ring_interrupt_index(ring) & 31;
> >      ^
> > drivers/thunderbolt/nhi.c:74:7: note: Shadow variable
> >   int bit;
> >       ^
> > For readablity rename the outer to interrupt_bit and the innner
> > to auto_clear_bit.
> 
> Thanks for the patch! Yeah, this did not show up in any of the kbuild
> tests perhaps they are missing cppcheck :(
> 
> I'm thinking that I'll just move the two commits from "fixes" to "next"
> and add this one on top (and drop the stable tags) as the code that we
> should be sending to stable should not need additional fixes IMHO. I
> know Mario is on vacation so probably cannot answer here so let's deal
> with this when he is back.

Applied to thunderbolt.git/next (along with the two commits from Mario).