linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] Kbuild: use -fshort-wchar globally

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Date:   Mon, 21 Aug 2017 09:09:59 +0900
From:   Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.com>,
        Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>,
        Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>,
        David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>,
        Linux Kbuild mailing list <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        xen-devel <xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] Kbuild: use -fshort-wchar globally

2017-08-21 4:22 GMT+09:00 Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>:
> On Sun, Aug 20, 2017 at 2:31 PM, Masahiro Yamada
> <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com> wrote:
>> Hi Arnd,
>>
>> This patch was picked up for linux-next
>> (I assume it was queued up for 4.14-rc1)
>> but I see this warning in Linus' tree.
>>
>> If we are not comfortable with this warning in the 4.13 release,
>> shall I include this patch in the kbuild/fixes pull request?
>> (planned this week)
>>
>> Please let me know your thought.
>
> Yes, I think it would be good to have in 4.13, since it's a regression
> against older kernels.
>
>> 2017-07-26 22:36 GMT+09:00 Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>:
>>> A previous patch added the --no-wchar-size-warning to the Makefile to
>>> avoid this harmless warning:
>>
>> "A previous patch" sounds ambiguous.
>>
>> The previous patch was applied one year ago.
>>
>>
>> If it is OK, I can reword like
>>
>> Commit 971a69db7dc0 ("Xen: don't warn about 2-byte wchar_t in efi") added ...
>
> Good idea, thanks!
>


Applied to linux-kbuild/fixes.  Thanks!



-- 
Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada