Re: [PATCH] bcachefs: Rename struct field swap to prevent macro naming collision

From: Kent Overstreet
Date: Sat Apr 06 2024 - 17:38:25 EST


On Sat, Apr 06, 2024 at 11:21:37PM +0200, Thorsten Blum wrote:
> On 6. Apr 2024, at 20:48, Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Sat, Apr 06, 2024 at 04:19:20PM +0200, Thorsten Blum wrote:
> >> The struct field swap can collide with the swap() macro defined in
> >> linux/minmax.h. Rename the struct field to prevent such collisions.
> >
> > Same as in lib/sort.c, so what's the actual reason?
>
> I included <linux/minmax.h> in arch/m68k/include/asm/bitops.h (to use the min()
> macro), but received the following error:
>
> fs/bcachefs/eytzinger.c: In function ‘do_swap’:
> fs/bcachefs/eytzinger.c:128:69: error: macro "swap" passed 3 arguments, but takes just 2
> 128 | ((const struct wrapper *)priv)->swap(a, b, (int)size);
> | ^
> In file included from ./arch/m68k/include/asm/bitops.h:16,
> from ./include/linux/bitops.h:68,
> from fs/bcachefs/eytzinger.h:5,
> from fs/bcachefs/eytzinger.c:3:
> ./include/linux/minmax.h:270: note: macro "swap" defined here
> 270 | #define swap(a, b) \
> |
> fs/bcachefs/eytzinger.c:128:47: warning: statement with no effect [-Wunused-value]
> 128 | ((const struct wrapper *)priv)->swap(a, b, (int)size);
> | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~
> make[4]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:244: fs/bcachefs/eytzinger.o] Error 1
> make[3]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:485: fs/bcachefs] Error 2
>
> I thought about using #undef swap, but renaming it seemed to be the least
> disruptive change. Maybe there's a better solution?

No it's fine, I was just curious - I'll go ahead and apply it