linux-kernel - Re: warning from gcc version 4.6.0 20100416

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Date:	Thu, 10 Jun 2010 23:34:52 -0700
From:	"Justin P. Mattock" <justinmattock@...il.com>
To:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: warning from gcc version 4.6.0 20100416

On 06/10/2010 11:16 PM, Andi Kleen wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 07:55:20PM -0700, Justin P. Mattock wrote:
>> o.k. andi,
>>
>> here is the rest of the warnings that
>> I see when compiling the kernel
>>
>> I can try and create some patches for
>> this(hopefully!!)
>
> The key point is that you need to review
> each warning if it's a real bug or just a false
> positive.
>
> This is not always trivial, I got at least one
> wrong in the earlier series (shut up one real bug)
>
> -Andi
>

Some are trivial, but then
some require changes i.g.
the variable is removed but the function
requires more than two variables kind of error..
leaving me in a whirlwind with what to put there..

I'll go and try for the easy ones,
first, then(try) and tackle hard ones.

Justin P. Mattock
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