linux-kernel - Re: cleanup: adjust scoped_guard() to avoid potential warning

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Message-ID: <f5296465-b160-4cb7-9a19-7cabd100e7a1@web.de>
Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2024 12:46:55 +0200
From: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To: Przemek Kitszel <przemyslaw.kitszel@...el.com>,
 kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
 Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...el.com>,
 Amadeusz Sławiński
 <amadeuszx.slawinski@...ux.intel.com>,
 Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...aro.org>,
 Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>, Kees Cook <kees@...nel.org>,
 Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
 Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>
Subject: Re: cleanup: adjust scoped_guard() to avoid potential warning

>>>> Would you get into the mood to reconsider the usage of leading underscores
>>>> any more for selected identifiers?
>>>> https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/display/c/DCL37-C.+Do+not+declare+or+define+a+reserved+identifier
>>>
>>> The mentioned URL doesn't cover the special cases like the kernels of the
>>> operating systems or other quite low level code.
>> Can such a view be clarified further according to available information?
…
> could you please update CMU SEI wiki to be relevant for kernel drivers
> development, so future generations of C bureaucrats would not be fooled?

How do you disagree to mentioned technical aspects?

Regards,
Markus