linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.18 14/54] disable stringop truncation warnings for now

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Date:   Tue, 11 Dec 2018 16:41:02 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH 3.18 14/54] disable stringop truncation warnings for now

3.18-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>

commit 217c3e0196758662aa0429863b09d1c13da1c5d6 upstream.

They are too noisy

Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 Makefile |    3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -759,6 +759,9 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-Wdecl
 # disable pointer signed / unsigned warnings in gcc 4.0
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning, pointer-sign)
 
+# disable stringop warnings in gcc 8+
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning, stringop-truncation)
+
 # disable invalid "can't wrap" optimizations for signed / pointers
 KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= $(call cc-option,-fno-strict-overflow)