linux-kernel - Re: linux-next: build warning after merge of the i2c tree

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Date:	Wed, 17 Feb 2010 09:34:46 +0100
From:	Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org>
To:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
Cc:	linux-next@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: linux-next: build warning after merge of the i2c tree

On Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:38:55 +1100, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> Hi Jean,
> 
> After merging the i2c tree, today's linux-next build (powerpc
> ppc64_defconfig) produced warnings like this:
> 
> In file included from include/linux/bitops.h:17,
>                  from include/linux/kernel.h:15,
>                  from drivers/i2c/i2c-boardinfo.c:19:
> arch/powerpc/include/asm/bitops.h:226: warning: declaration of 'ffs' shadows a built-in function
> 
> The x86_64 allmodconfig produces similar:
> 
> In file included from include/linux/bitops.h:17,
>                  from include/linux/kernel.h:15,
>                  from next/drivers/i2c/i2c-boardinfo.c:19:
> arch/x86/include/asm/bitops.h:395: warning: declaration of 'ffs' shadows a built-in function
> 
> Exposed by commit fa4f62e9f3a85490aebe8857e2208c37da851ce3 ("i2c: Build
> core and algo drivers with -Wshadow").
> 
> Jean, I realise that these warnings are not something your tree has
> added, just that you have exposed them.  They are a bit annoying,
> though.  I am using gcc v4.4.3.

Oh well. I had the hope that at least the header files were
Wshadow-compliant so it could be enabled for selected source files. Not
getting any warning on my own system when I tried, I thought it was
fine... If it is not, then I'll just remove this patch from my tree.
Sorry for the noise and thanks for reporting.

-- 
Jean Delvare
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