linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Kbuild: Disable the -Wformat-security gcc flag

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Message-ID: <84144f020905151342w3565e8bcq4c6e7397e6c802b@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 15 May 2009 23:42:08 +0300
From:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
To:	Floris Kraak <randakar@...il.com>
Cc:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Trivial Patch Monkey <trivial@...nel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Kbuild: Disable the -Wformat-security gcc flag

On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 4:28 PM, Floris Kraak <randakar@...il.com> wrote:
> Quite honestly I still believe just disabling this check is the best
> thing to do.

Agreed. The proposed "fixes" to silence the warning don't improve the
code and apparently in some cases they even increase kernel text.
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