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Message-ID: <20140922212105.GD3128@worktop.programming.kicks-ass.net> Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2014 23:21:05 +0200 From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org> To: "Rustad, Mark D" <mark.d.rustad@...el.com> Cc: "sparse@...isli.org" <sparse@...isli.org>, "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, "richard.weinberger@...il.com" <richard.weinberger@...il.com>, "linux-sparse@...r.kernel.org" <linux-sparse@...r.kernel.org>, "mingo@...hat.com" <mingo@...hat.com>, "Kirsher, Jeffrey T" <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>, "computersforpeace@...il.com" <computersforpeace@...il.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH] sched: Remove nested extern On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 08:59:32PM +0000, Rustad, Mark D wrote: > Because I have found that enabling many warnings helps identify problems > in code and it has been my standard practice since about 1999 to do so. > The compiler warnings are really just another form of static analysis, > and I use it routinely on every compile. Here is how routinely: I have > W=1 in my environment, W=12 is just too painful. I would change that > default to W=12 if it wasn't insane to do so. Many warnings are just plain insane and stupid. They're not helping anybody. There's a very good reason many are disabled. I'm sure you can find some entertaining discussions on the topic if you search the LKML archives. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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