linux-kernel - Re: default enable sparse __CHECK_ENDIAN__ (was: Re: [PATCH v7 2/3] net: Add Keystone NetCP ethernet driver)

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Date:	Thu, 11 Dec 2014 12:18:44 +0100
From:	Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Christopher Li <sparse@...isli.org>,
	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>, m-karicheri2@...com,
	Network Development <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-arm-kernel <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	devicetree@...r.kernel.org, Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
	grant.likely@...aro.org, linux-sparse@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: default enable sparse __CHECK_ENDIAN__ (was: Re: [PATCH v7 2/3] net: Add Keystone NetCP ethernet driver)

Hi Joe,

>>> Are you referring to the static code analyser sparse that is invoked
>>> through?
>> You have to explicitly enable endian checking, it's not on by
>> default.
> 
> There don't seem to be thousands of warnings anymore.
> 
> Maybe it's time to default enable it when using C=?
> 
> from: Documentation/sparse.txt:
> 
> The optional make variable CF can be used to pass arguments to sparse.  The
> build system passes -Wbitwise to sparse automatically.  To perform endianness
> checks, you may define __CHECK_ENDIAN__:
> 
>        make C=2 CF="-D__CHECK_ENDIAN__"
> 
> These checks are disabled by default as they generate a host of warnings.

actually a few subsystems use this in their Makefile:

	subdir-ccflags-y += -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__

We could start with that to enable endian checks by default in various places.

Regards

Marcel

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