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Message-Id: <20141006.181940.852741335799941670.davem@davemloft.net> Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2014 18:19:40 -0400 (EDT) From: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> To: joe@...ches.com Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, john.fastabend@...il.com Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: core: Quiet W=1 warnings for unused vars and static functions From: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2014 15:04:24 -0700 > On Mon, 2014-10-06 at 17:56 -0400, David Miller wrote: >> From: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> >> Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2014 14:51:38 -0700 >> >> > Reduce noise when compiling W=1. > [] >> BTW, this patch reminds me that if people think there are >> subdirectories where we can turn on things like -Werror in the >> networking I would be very happy to apply such patches. > [] >> Things like net/core/ for example should be doable for sure. > > I don't have any significant opposition to -Werror, but > I think there are real arguments _against_ using -Werror. > > I think the primary one is new compiler versions have a > tendency to add new warnings for various things that can > unnecessarily and unpredictably break the build. My experience over at least a decade with arch/sparc doesn't match your claims. -- 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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