On Fri, Nov 29, 2019 at 09:30:30PM -0800, Deepa Dinamani wrote: > update_time() also has an internal function pointer > update_time. Even though this works correctly, it is > confusing to the readers. > > Use a different name for the local variable. > > Suggested-by: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Deepa Dinamani <deepa.kernel@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > fs/inode.c | 6 +++--- > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c > index 12c9e38529c9..0be58a680457 100644 > --- a/fs/inode.c > +++ b/fs/inode.c > @@ -1675,12 +1675,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_update_time); > */ > static int update_time(struct inode *inode, struct timespec64 *time, int flags) > { > - int (*update_time)(struct inode *, struct timespec64 *, int); > + int (*cb)(struct inode *, struct timespec64 *, int); > > - update_time = inode->i_op->update_time ? inode->i_op->update_time : > + cb = inode->i_op->update_time ? inode->i_op->update_time : > generic_update_time; > > - return update_time(inode, time, flags); > + return cb(inode, time, flags); What's wrong with a simple if() like we use everywhere else for this sort of thing? if (inode->i_op->update_time) return inode->i_op->update_time(inode, time, flags); return generic_update_time(inode, time, flags); -Dave. -- Dave Chinner david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx