[PATCH v2 11/23] examples/multi_process: resolve shadowed variable warnings

Stephen Hemminger stephen at networkplumber.org
Tue Apr 7 17:16:07 CEST 2026


The string passed to parsing function number of clients
shadowed global declaration. Also avoid similar problem in
parsing portmask.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>
Acked-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com>
---
 .../multi_process/client_server_mp/mp_server/args.c  | 12 ++++++------
 .../client_server_mp/mp_server/meson.build           |  1 -
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/examples/multi_process/client_server_mp/mp_server/args.c b/examples/multi_process/client_server_mp/mp_server/args.c
index 3c2ca266b0..60dbb3c626 100644
--- a/examples/multi_process/client_server_mp/mp_server/args.c
+++ b/examples/multi_process/client_server_mp/mp_server/args.c
@@ -42,18 +42,18 @@ usage(void)
  * array variable
  */
 static int
-parse_portmask(const char *portmask)
+parse_portmask(const char *str)
 {
 	char *end = NULL;
 	unsigned long long pm;
 	uint16_t id;
 
-	if (portmask == NULL || *portmask == '\0')
+	if (str == NULL || *str == '\0')
 		return -1;
 
 	/* convert parameter to a number and verify */
 	errno = 0;
-	pm = strtoull(portmask, &end, 16);
+	pm = strtoull(str, &end, 16);
 	if (errno != 0 || end == NULL || *end != '\0')
 		return -1;
 
@@ -80,15 +80,15 @@ parse_portmask(const char *portmask)
  * and convert to a number to store in the num_clients variable
  */
 static int
-parse_num_clients(const char *clients)
+parse_num_clients(const char *str)
 {
 	char *end = NULL;
 	unsigned long temp;
 
-	if (clients == NULL || *clients == '\0')
+	if (str == NULL || *str == '\0')
 		return -1;
 
-	temp = strtoul(clients, &end, 10);
+	temp = strtoul(str, &end, 10);
 	if (end == NULL || *end != '\0' || temp == 0)
 		return -1;
 
diff --git a/examples/multi_process/client_server_mp/mp_server/meson.build b/examples/multi_process/client_server_mp/mp_server/meson.build
index a31eea764e..9e585e80b9 100644
--- a/examples/multi_process/client_server_mp/mp_server/meson.build
+++ b/examples/multi_process/client_server_mp/mp_server/meson.build
@@ -14,4 +14,3 @@ sources = files(
         'init.c',
         'main.c',
 )
-cflags += no_shadow_cflag
-- 
2.53.0



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