From: Borislav Petkov <bp@amd64.org>
To: Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>,
"torvalds@linux-foundation.org" <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
"x86@kernel.org" <x86@kernel.org>,
"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>,
"linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org>,
"bp@amd64.org" <bp@amd64.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -v5] kbuild: Add extra gcc checks
Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2011 16:06:18 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110309150618.GA2368@aftab> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110309144504.GA1096@sepie.suse.cz>
On Wed, Mar 09, 2011 at 09:45:04AM -0500, Michal Marek wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 01, 2011 at 09:35:29AM +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> > Add a 'W=1' Makefile switch which adds additional checking per build
> > object.
> >
> > The idea behind this option is targeted at developers who, in the
> > process of writing their code, want to do the occasional
> >
> > make W=1 [target.o]
> >
> > and let gcc do more extensive code checking for them. Then, they
> > could eyeball the output for valid gcc warnings about various
> > bugs/discrepancies which are not reported during the normal build
> > process.
> >
> > For more background information and a use case, read through this
> > thread: http://marc.info/?l=kernel-janitors&m=129802065918147&w=2
> >
> > -v5: Document internal kbuild variable which is introduced by this.
> > Simplify assignment.
>
> Thanks, applied to kbuild-2.6.git#packaging. If someone comes up with a
> good selection of warnings for W=1 and W=2, we can change it later.
Yeah, I was going to do that but am terribly busy at the moment. I'll do
an initial proposal against your kbuild branch when I get a chance.
Thanks.
--
Regards/Gruss,
Boris.
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Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-03-01 8:35 [PATCH -v5] kbuild: Add extra gcc checks Borislav Petkov
2011-03-09 14:45 ` Michal Marek
2011-03-09 15:06 ` Borislav Petkov [this message]
2011-03-09 15:11 ` Ingo Molnar
2011-03-09 17:56 ` Sam Ravnborg
2011-03-10 9:04 ` Ingo Molnar
2011-03-10 9:17 ` Michal Marek
2011-03-10 10:25 ` Sam Ravnborg
2011-03-10 9:20 ` Borislav Petkov
2011-03-10 11:56 ` Arnd Bergmann
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