linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] sparse doesn't support indirect

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Message-ID: <CAK7LNASYevi5UvTPqL9+00D5bthPwu_dPwaCz6M8DghjTy9=mg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 1 Mar 2018 19:23:22 +0900
From:   Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
To:     Luc Van Oostenryck <luc.vanoostenryck@...il.com>
Cc:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sparse doesn't support indirect_branch attribute

2018-03-01 19:06 GMT+09:00 Luc Van Oostenryck <luc.vanoostenryck@...il.com>:
> On Wed, Feb 28, 2018 at 10:30:58AM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
>> 2018-02-28 7:36 GMT+09:00 Luc Van Oostenryck <luc.vanoostenryck@...il.com>:
>> >
>> > To compensate this, I sent a patch  to use '-Wno-unknown-attribute' for kernel
>> > builds. Masahiro Yamada has already taken it to the linux-kbuild tree.
>> > I'm not sure if it's planned for the next -rc or for 4.17, though.
>>
>> I am planning to send it in the next MW (i.e. v4.17-rc1)
>>
>> If you want me to send this earlier as fixes PR,
>> please let me know.
>>
>
> Hi,
>
> Thanks for having taken this patch promptly.
> Given that the warnings is issued more than 148000 and thus tend
> to drown the other, more useful, warnings in the noise, I think
> it would be a good thing to have this patch already in 4.16.
> I should have put this clearly in the patch description.
>
> Best regards,
> -- Luc Van Oostenryck


OK.  I will send a PR for v4.16-rc4 this weekend.





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Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada