linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] sparse: always enable endian checks

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Date:	Mon, 15 Aug 2011 20:33:59 +0200
From:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:	Pavel Roskin <proski@....org>, Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>,
	linux-kbuild <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sparse: always enable endian checks

On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 12:04:41PM -0400, Pavel Roskin wrote:
> Checks enabled by __CHECK_ENDIAN__ produce less than a half of the
> sparse warnings.  For instance, the allyesconfig configuration on
> linux-next (tag next-20110812) produces on x86_64:
> 
>                  no __CHECK_ENDIAN__   with __CHECK_ENDIAN__
> stderr bytes:    1155037               1992954 (73% increase)
> stderr lines:    10716                 18657   (74% increase)
> affected files:  1191                  1458    (22% increase)
> 
> It is no longer true that __CHECK_ENDIAN__ produces so many warnings
> that other sparse warnings drown in the noise.
> 
> Janitors going through the whole tree are already prepared to search for
> the warnings they want to fix.
> 
> The main point of this patch is to make sure that developers of a
> particular driver who use sparse rarely get all the warnings for their
> code even if they forget to specify __CHECK_ENDIAN__ or mistype it.
> 
> Some developers actually added __CHECK_ENDIAN__ to the driver makefiles
> so they don't forget to use it.  Remove them now.
> 
> Remove all references to __CHECK_ENDIAN__ from the documentation except
> the Chinese version, which would need to be updated separately.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Pavel Roskin <proski@....org>
Acked-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>

Maybe ask Michal to merge it?

	Sam
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