linux-kernel - Re: Announce: gcc bogus warning repository

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Date:	Sun, 01 Oct 2006 14:16:07 -0400
From:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
CC:	Daniel Walker <dwalker@...sta.com>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Announce: gcc bogus warning repository

Andrew Morton wrote:
> The downsides are that it muckies up the source a little and introduces a
> very small risk that real use-uninitialised bugs will be hidden.  But I
> believe the benefit outweighs those disadvantages.

How about just marking the ones I've already done in #gccbug?

If I'm taking the time to audit the code, and separate out bogosities 
from real bugs, it would be nice not to see that effort wasted.

#gccbug includes _only_ the bogosities.  I didn't just blindly paper 
over everything with a 'may be used uninitialized' warning.  I'm well 
over halfway through the 'make allmodconfig' build, and as LKML emails 
can attest, have found several valid warnings.

	Jeff

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