linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kbuild: clang: Disable -Wunused-const-variable warnings

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Date:   Mon, 29 Jan 2018 08:35:38 -0800
From:   Sodagudi Prasad <psodagud@...eaurora.org>
To:     Segher Boessenkool <segher@...nel.crashing.org>
Cc:     gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, mmarek@...e.com, ghackmann@...gle.com,
        yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com, linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kbuild: clang: Disable -Wunused-const-variable warnings

On 2018-01-28 08:22, Segher Boessenkool wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 26, 2018 at 04:59:46PM -0800, Prasad Sodagudi wrote:
>> Disable -Wunused-const-variable warnings instead of
>> disabling -Wunused-variable warnings, So that in both
>> clang and GCC -Wunused-const-variable gets disabled.
> 
> Why would you disable -Wunused-const-variable on GCC?  You do not
> explain why.

Hi Segher,

Please check below discussion with Greg and Masahiro about 
"unused-variable".
https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/12/18/697

Please check this link, "unused-const-variable" warning is already 
disabled for GCC.
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Makefile?h=v4.15#n719
Below commit is disabling the "unused-const-variable" for GCC.
commit -  c9c6837d39311b0c - "kbuild: move -Wunused-const-variable to 
W=1 warning level"

Currently "unused-variable" warnings are disabled for clang and not for 
the gcc.  Disabling of
"unused-variable" warning also disables "unused-const-variable" warning. 
To match same settings
between clang and gcc, disabling "unused-const-variable" warnings for 
clang as well.
So with this patch, keeping the same settings for GCC and CLANG with 
respect to "unused-const-variable".

-Thanks, Prasad

> 
> 
> Segher

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