[PATCH v2] locking/local_lock: s/l/__l/ and s/tl/__tl/ to reduce risk of shadowing

From: Vincent Mailhol

Date: Wed Sep 24 2025 - 14:03:44 EST


The Linux kernel coding style [1] advises to avoid common variable
names in function-like macros to reduce the risk of collisions.

Throughout local_lock_internal.h, several macros use the rather common
variable names 'l' and 'tl'. This already resulted in an actual
collision: the __local_lock_acquire() function like macro is currently
shadowing the parameter 'l' of the:

class_##_name##_t class_##_name##_constructor(_type *l)

function factory from linux/cleanup.h.

Rename the variable 'l' to '__l' and the variable 'tl' to '__tl'
throughout the file to fix the current name collision and to prevent
future ones.

[1] https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/coding-style.html#macros-enums-and-rtl

Signed-off-by: Vincent Mailhol <mailhol@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v2:

- __lock conflicted with an existing definition in lockdep.c. Use
instead __l (and also, to keep things consistent, use __tl instead
of tl for the trylock).

- Apply the renaming to the entire file and not just to
__local_lock_acquire().

- Rewrite the patch description accordingly.

Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250923-local_lock_internal_fix_shadow-v1-1-14e313c88a46@xxxxxxxxxx
---
include/linux/local_lock_internal.h | 56 ++++++++++++++++++-------------------
1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/local_lock_internal.h b/include/linux/local_lock_internal.h
index d80b5306a2c0ccf95a3405b6b947b5f1f9a3bd38..a80b3fd7552376cd926aeaac8f53bcc44c8d2173 100644
--- a/include/linux/local_lock_internal.h
+++ b/include/linux/local_lock_internal.h
@@ -96,18 +96,18 @@ do { \

#define __local_lock_acquire(lock) \
do { \
- local_trylock_t *tl; \
- local_lock_t *l; \
+ local_trylock_t *__tl; \
+ local_lock_t *__l; \
\
- l = (local_lock_t *)(lock); \
- tl = (local_trylock_t *)l; \
+ __l = (local_lock_t *)(lock); \
+ __tl = (local_trylock_t *)__l; \
_Generic((lock), \
local_trylock_t *: ({ \
- lockdep_assert(tl->acquired == 0); \
- WRITE_ONCE(tl->acquired, 1); \
+ lockdep_assert(__tl->acquired == 0); \
+ WRITE_ONCE(__tl->acquired, 1); \
}), \
local_lock_t *: (void)0); \
- local_lock_acquire(l); \
+ local_lock_acquire(__l); \
} while (0)

#define __local_lock(lock) \
@@ -130,50 +130,50 @@ do { \

#define __local_trylock(lock) \
({ \
- local_trylock_t *tl; \
+ local_trylock_t *__tl; \
\
preempt_disable(); \
- tl = (lock); \
- if (READ_ONCE(tl->acquired)) { \
+ __tl = (lock); \
+ if (READ_ONCE(__tl->acquired)) { \
preempt_enable(); \
- tl = NULL; \
+ __tl = NULL; \
} else { \
- WRITE_ONCE(tl->acquired, 1); \
+ WRITE_ONCE(__tl->acquired, 1); \
local_trylock_acquire( \
- (local_lock_t *)tl); \
+ (local_lock_t *)__tl); \
} \
- !!tl; \
+ !!__tl; \
})

#define __local_trylock_irqsave(lock, flags) \
({ \
- local_trylock_t *tl; \
+ local_trylock_t *__tl; \
\
local_irq_save(flags); \
- tl = (lock); \
- if (READ_ONCE(tl->acquired)) { \
+ __tl = (lock); \
+ if (READ_ONCE(__tl->acquired)) { \
local_irq_restore(flags); \
- tl = NULL; \
+ __tl = NULL; \
} else { \
- WRITE_ONCE(tl->acquired, 1); \
+ WRITE_ONCE(__tl->acquired, 1); \
local_trylock_acquire( \
- (local_lock_t *)tl); \
+ (local_lock_t *)__tl); \
} \
- !!tl; \
+ !!__tl; \
})

#define __local_lock_release(lock) \
do { \
- local_trylock_t *tl; \
- local_lock_t *l; \
+ local_trylock_t *__tl; \
+ local_lock_t *__l; \
\
- l = (local_lock_t *)(lock); \
- tl = (local_trylock_t *)l; \
- local_lock_release(l); \
+ __l = (local_lock_t *)(lock); \
+ __tl = (local_trylock_t *)__l; \
+ local_lock_release(__l); \
_Generic((lock), \
local_trylock_t *: ({ \
- lockdep_assert(tl->acquired == 1); \
- WRITE_ONCE(tl->acquired, 0); \
+ lockdep_assert(__tl->acquired == 1); \
+ WRITE_ONCE(__tl->acquired, 0); \
}), \
local_lock_t *: (void)0); \
} while (0)

---
base-commit: cec1e6e5d1ab33403b809f79cd20d6aff124ccfe
change-id: 20250923-local_lock_internal_fix_shadow-2e2a24e95e76

Best regards,
--
Vincent Mailhol <mailhol@xxxxxxxxxx>