Re: [PATCH v2] efi: Resolve some shadow warnings

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On Sat, 06 Sep, at 06:02:53AM, Jeff Kirsher wrote:
> From: Mark Rustad <mark.d.rustad@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> 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.
> 
> Change s16 => str16, s8 => str8.
> 
> This resolves warnings seen when using W=2 during make, for instance:
> 
> drivers/firmware/efi/vars.c: In function ‘dup_variable_bug’:
> drivers/firmware/efi/vars.c:324:44: warning: declaration of ‘s16’ shadows a global declaration [-Wshadow]
>  static void dup_variable_bug(efi_char16_t *s16, efi_guid_t *vendor_guid,
> 
> drivers/firmware/efi/vars.c:328:8: warning: declaration of ‘s8’ shadows a global declaration [-Wshadow]
>   char *s8;
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mark Rustad <mark.d.rustad@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@xxxxxxxxx>

Thanks Jeff, Mark, applied.

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Matt Fleming, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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