linux-kernel - Re: linux-next: disabling -Wstringop-truncation

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Date:   Thu, 30 Aug 2018 15:32:06 -0700
From:   Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
Cc:     Linus <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Linux-kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux-Next Mailing List <linux-next@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: linux-next: disabling -Wstringop-truncation

Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au> writes:

> Hi Linus,
>
> I am now mainly using gcc v8.2 for my builds and -Wstringop-truncation
> causes so many warnings that I am sure to miss others, so I have
> applied the below to my fixes tree until the noise reduces.

I have the same problem.

However It's not clear if they're all false positives (I suspect not)

It would be better to move the warning to W=2 or so, and also needs
someone actually looking at them.

-Andi