linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] fbdev fixes for 4.9

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Message-ID: <CA+55aFwq-iSOfK2MbWEH3EMyJANqvMTekRwEw6we-vFSMVB2_Q@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 15 Nov 2016 08:30:59 -0800
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@...com>
Cc:     linux-fbdev <linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Mathieu Malaterre <malat@...ian.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] fbdev fixes for 4.9

On Tue, Nov 15, 2016 at 3:40 AM, Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@...com> wrote:
>
> I did test compile, and I would have noticed errors but I missed the warnings
> (I blame the flu...). I need to improve my testing methods, but I couldn't find
> a way to add -Werror to kernel builds. I guess I should just always capture the
> warnings and errors to a file, and check that after the build.
>
> How do you test build?

I basically do just an allmodconfig build, but I do it with

    make -j16 > ../make-output

so that any warnings are very obvious (because stdout goes elsewhere).

              Linus