The patch titled elf: fix shadowed variables in fs/binfmt_elf.c has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is elf-fix-shadowed-variables-in-fs-binfmt_elfc.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: elf: fix shadowed variables in fs/binfmt_elf.c From: WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@xxxxxxxxx> Fix these sparse warings: fs/binfmt_elf.c:1749:29: warning: symbol 'tmp' shadows an earlier one fs/binfmt_elf.c:1734:28: originally declared here fs/binfmt_elf.c:2009:26: warning: symbol 'vma' shadows an earlier one fs/binfmt_elf.c:1892:24: originally declared here [akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx: chose better variable name] Signed-off-by: WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/binfmt_elf.c | 21 ++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff -puN fs/binfmt_elf.c~elf-fix-shadowed-variables-in-fs-binfmt_elfc fs/binfmt_elf.c --- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c~elf-fix-shadowed-variables-in-fs-binfmt_elfc +++ a/fs/binfmt_elf.c @@ -1728,26 +1728,25 @@ static int fill_note_info(struct elfhdr info->thread_status_size = 0; if (signr) { - struct elf_thread_status *tmp; + struct elf_thread_status *ets; rcu_read_lock(); do_each_thread(g, p) if (current->mm == p->mm && current != p) { - tmp = kzalloc(sizeof(*tmp), GFP_ATOMIC); - if (!tmp) { + ets = kzalloc(sizeof(*ets), GFP_ATOMIC); + if (!ets) { rcu_read_unlock(); return 0; } - tmp->thread = p; - list_add(&tmp->list, &info->thread_list); + ets->thread = p; + list_add(&ets->list, &info->thread_list); } while_each_thread(g, p); rcu_read_unlock(); list_for_each(t, &info->thread_list) { - struct elf_thread_status *tmp; int sz; - tmp = list_entry(t, struct elf_thread_status, list); - sz = elf_dump_thread_status(signr, tmp); + ets = list_entry(t, struct elf_thread_status, list); + sz = elf_dump_thread_status(signr, ets); info->thread_status_size += sz; } } @@ -2003,10 +2002,10 @@ static int elf_core_dump(long signr, str for (addr = vma->vm_start; addr < end; addr += PAGE_SIZE) { struct page *page; - struct vm_area_struct *vma; + struct vm_area_struct *tmp_vma; if (get_user_pages(current, current->mm, addr, 1, 0, 1, - &page, &vma) <= 0) { + &page, &tmp_vma) <= 0) { DUMP_SEEK(PAGE_SIZE); } else { if (page == ZERO_PAGE(0)) { @@ -2016,7 +2015,7 @@ static int elf_core_dump(long signr, str } } else { void *kaddr; - flush_cache_page(vma, addr, + flush_cache_page(tmp_vma, addr, page_to_pfn(page)); kaddr = kmap(page); if ((size += PAGE_SIZE) > limit || _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from xiyou.wangcong@xxxxxxxxx are uml-fix-initrd-printk.patch arch-um-kernel-memc-fix-a-shadowed-variable.patch fix-shadowed-variables-in-kernel-posix-cpu-timersc.patch elf-fix-shadowed-variables-in-fs-binfmt_elfc.patch - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html