linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Kbuild: Enable the gcc flag -Wformat-security (was: Re: [PATCH] Kbuild: Disable the -Wformat-security gcc flag)

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Date:	Thu, 5 Feb 2009 20:54:59 +0100
From:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:	Floris Kraak <randakar@...il.com>
Cc:	Robert Hancock <hancockrwd@...il.com>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Trivial Patch Monkey <trivial@...nel.org>,
	Roland Dreier <rdreier@...co.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Kbuild: Enable the gcc flag -Wformat-security (was: Re: [PATCH] Kbuild: Disable the -Wformat-security gcc flag)

On Thu, Feb 05, 2009 at 09:57:28AM +0100, Floris Kraak wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 9:47 AM, Floris Kraak <randakar@...il.com> wrote:
> >
> > Here goes:
> >
> 
> Resend, seems like the earlier patch doesn't quite actually work as
> advertised; -Wformat-security needs -Wformat enabled as well.
> ---
> [PATCH] Kbuild: Enable the gcc flag -Wformat-security

We need to sort out the ~150 warnings you see in your
allyesconfig build before applying this one.
We try to avoid applying patches that increases the warning count
without some effort done to fix it first.

So let see what the other patch end up with.

	Sam
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