The old_flags variable is declared twice in __dev_change_flags(),
causing a shadow variable warning. This patch fixes the issue by
removing the redundant declaration, reusing the existing old_flags
variable instead.

	net/core/dev.c:9225:16: warning: declaration shadows a local variable [-Wshadow]
	9225 |                 unsigned int old_flags = dev->flags;
	|                              ^
	net/core/dev.c:9185:15: note: previous declaration is here
	9185 |         unsigned int old_flags = dev->flags;
	|                      ^
	1 warning generated.

Remove the redundant inner declaration and reuse the existing old_flags
variable since its value is not needed outside the if block, and it is
safe to reuse the variable. This eliminates the warning while
maintaining the same functionality.

Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
Reviewed-by: Mateusz Polchlopek <mateusz.polchlopek@intel.com>
---
Changes in v2:
- Improve the commit message to specify that there is no impact reusing
  the variable (Andrew)
- Remove the Fixes tag, since we do not want this to be backported.
  (Andrew)
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250214-old_flags-v1-1-29096b9399a9@debian.org
---
 net/core/dev.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index d5ab9a4b318ea4926c200ef20dae01eaafa18c6b..cd2474a138201e6ee86acf39ca425d57d8d2e9b4 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -9182,7 +9182,7 @@ int __dev_change_flags(struct net_device *dev, unsigned int flags,
 
 	if ((flags ^ dev->gflags) & IFF_PROMISC) {
 		int inc = (flags & IFF_PROMISC) ? 1 : -1;
-		unsigned int old_flags = dev->flags;
+		old_flags = dev->flags;
 
 		dev->gflags ^= IFF_PROMISC;
 

---
base-commit: 7a7e0197133d18cfd9931e7d3a842d0f5730223f
change-id: 20250214-old_flags-528fe052471c

Best regards,
-- 
Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>

Le 17/02/2025 à 16:48, Breno Leitao a écrit :
> The old_flags variable is declared twice in __dev_change_flags(),
> causing a shadow variable warning. This patch fixes the issue by
> removing the redundant declaration, reusing the existing old_flags
> variable instead.
> 
> 	net/core/dev.c:9225:16: warning: declaration shadows a local variable [-Wshadow]
> 	9225 |                 unsigned int old_flags = dev->flags;
> 	|                              ^
> 	net/core/dev.c:9185:15: note: previous declaration is here
> 	9185 |         unsigned int old_flags = dev->flags;
> 	|                      ^
> 	1 warning generated.
> 
> Remove the redundant inner declaration and reuse the existing old_flags
> variable since its value is not needed outside the if block, and it is
> safe to reuse the variable. This eliminates the warning while
> maintaining the same functionality.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
> Reviewed-by: Mateusz Polchlopek <mateusz.polchlopek@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com>

On Tue, Feb 18, 2025 at 09:35:55AM +0100, Nicolas Dichtel wrote:
> Le 17/02/2025 à 16:48, Breno Leitao a écrit :
> > The old_flags variable is declared twice in __dev_change_flags(),
> > causing a shadow variable warning. This patch fixes the issue by
> > removing the redundant declaration, reusing the existing old_flags
> > variable instead.
> > 
> > 	net/core/dev.c:9225:16: warning: declaration shadows a local variable [-Wshadow]
> > 	9225 |                 unsigned int old_flags = dev->flags;
> > 	|                              ^
> > 	net/core/dev.c:9185:15: note: previous declaration is here
> > 	9185 |         unsigned int old_flags = dev->flags;
> > 	|                      ^
> > 	1 warning generated.
> > 
> > Remove the redundant inner declaration and reuse the existing old_flags
> > variable since its value is not needed outside the if block, and it is
> > safe to reuse the variable. This eliminates the warning while
> > maintaining the same functionality.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
> > Reviewed-by: Mateusz Polchlopek <mateusz.polchlopek@intel.com>
> Reviewed-by: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com>

Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>

    Andrew

On Mon, Feb 17, 2025 at 9:21 PM Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org> wrote:
>
> The old_flags variable is declared twice in __dev_change_flags(),
> causing a shadow variable warning. This patch fixes the issue by
> removing the redundant declaration, reusing the existing old_flags
> variable instead.
>
>         net/core/dev.c:9225:16: warning: declaration shadows a local variable [-Wshadow]
>         9225 |                 unsigned int old_flags = dev->flags;
>         |                              ^
>         net/core/dev.c:9185:15: note: previous declaration is here
>         9185 |         unsigned int old_flags = dev->flags;
>         |                      ^
>         1 warning generated.
>
> Remove the redundant inner declaration and reuse the existing old_flags
> variable since its value is not needed outside the if block, and it is
> safe to reuse the variable. This eliminates the warning while
> maintaining the same functionality.
>
> Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
> Reviewed-by: Mateusz Polchlopek <mateusz.polchlopek@intel.com>

LGTM,
Reviewed-by: Kalesh AP <kalesh-anakkur.purayil@broadcom.com>

-- 
Regards,
Kalesh AP