- Use 'idx' index variable instead of a weird 'x'
 - Make the error message E820-specific
 - Group the code a bit better

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Andy Shevchenko <andy@kernel.org>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org>
Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw@amazon.co.uk>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@kernel.org>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/e820.c | 15 ++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c b/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c
index 6cb1e23dfc89..ba4e6e6bb0a5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c
@@ -165,17 +165,18 @@ int e820__get_entry_type(u64 start, u64 end)
  */
 static void __init __e820__range_add(struct e820_table *table, u64 start, u64 size, enum e820_type type)
 {
-	int x = table->nr_entries;
+	int idx = table->nr_entries;
 
-	if (x >= ARRAY_SIZE(table->entries)) {
-		pr_err("too many entries; ignoring [mem %#010llx-%#010llx]\n",
-		       start, start + size - 1);
+	if (idx >= ARRAY_SIZE(table->entries)) {
+		pr_err("too many E820 table entries; ignoring [mem %#010llx-%#010llx]\n",
+		       start, start + size-1);
 		return;
 	}
 
-	table->entries[x].addr = start;
-	table->entries[x].size = size;
-	table->entries[x].type = type;
+	table->entries[idx].addr = start;
+	table->entries[idx].size = size;
+	table->entries[idx].type = type;
+
 	table->nr_entries++;
 }
 
-- 
2.45.2

The following commit has been merged into the x86/boot branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     a4803df3a2b145fd17bc3d4c23c4c12c74951299
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/a4803df3a2b145fd17bc3d4c23c4c12c74951299
Author:        Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
AuthorDate:    Thu, 15 May 2025 14:05:30 +02:00
Committer:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
CommitterDate: Sun, 14 Dec 2025 09:19:39 +01:00

x86/boot/e820: Clean up __e820__range_add() a bit

 - Use 'idx' index variable instead of a weird 'x'
 - Make the error message E820-specific
 - Group the code a bit better

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Andy Shevchenko <andy@kernel.org>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
Cc: "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
Cc: Paul Menzel <pmenzel@molgen.mpg.de>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw@amazon.co.uk>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250515120549.2820541-15-mingo@kernel.org
---
 arch/x86/kernel/e820.c | 15 ++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c b/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c
index 0c3f12f..4340751 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c
@@ -166,17 +166,18 @@ int e820__get_entry_type(u64 start, u64 end)
  */
 static void __init __e820__range_add(struct e820_table *table, u64 start, u64 size, enum e820_type type)
 {
-	int x = table->nr_entries;
+	int idx = table->nr_entries;
 
-	if (x >= ARRAY_SIZE(table->entries)) {
-		pr_err("too many entries; ignoring [mem %#010llx-%#010llx]\n",
-		       start, start + size - 1);
+	if (idx >= ARRAY_SIZE(table->entries)) {
+		pr_err("too many E820 table entries; ignoring [mem %#010llx-%#010llx]\n",
+		       start, start + size-1);
 		return;
 	}
 
-	table->entries[x].addr = start;
-	table->entries[x].size = size;
-	table->entries[x].type = type;
+	table->entries[idx].addr = start;
+	table->entries[idx].size = size;
+	table->entries[idx].type = type;
+
 	table->nr_entries++;
 }