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

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Message-ID: <2802c4c6-99d4-e084-baa4-5be7c123ddd6@amd.com>
Date:   Sat, 18 Mar 2023 20:33:58 -0500
From:   Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@....com>
To:     Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>,
        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
Subject: Re: [PATCH] thunderbolt: rename shadowed variables bit to
 interrupt_bit and auto_clear_bit


On 3/16/23 05:37, Mika Westerberg wrote:
> 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).

Thanks for the fix Tom!

Mika - It's unfortunate that a fixup was needed but I'd still like if we
can get these 3 commits into 6.3-rc and also to stable.