linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] kbuild: add -Wno-unused-but-set-variable compiler flag unconditionally

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Date:   Mon, 1 Oct 2018 10:17:12 -0700
From:   Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
To:     Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
Cc:     Linux Kbuild mailing list <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Michal Marek <michal.lkml@...kovi.net>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] kbuild: add -Wno-unused-but-set-variable compiler
 flag unconditionally

On Mon, Oct 1, 2018 at 2:45 AM Masahiro Yamada
<yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com> wrote:
>
> We have raised the compiler requirement from time to time.
> With commit cafa0010cd51 ("Raise the minimum required gcc version
> to 4.6"), the minimum for GCC is 4.6 now.
>
> This flag was added by GCC 4.6, and it is recognized by Clang and
> ICC as well.

This doesn't seem to be the case for Clang:
https://godbolt.org/z/qesF5o

Nacked-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>


>
> Let's rip off the cc-disable-warning switch, and see if somebody
> complains about it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
> ---
>
>  Makefile | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
> index 8a23fee..2627266 100644
> --- a/Makefile
> +++ b/Makefile
> @@ -716,7 +716,7 @@ else
>
>  # These warnings generated too much noise in a regular build.
>  # Use make W=1 to enable them (see scripts/Makefile.extrawarn)
> -KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning, unused-but-set-variable)
> +KBUILD_CFLAGS += -Wno-unused-but-set-variable
>  endif
>
>  KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning, unused-const-variable)
> --
> 2.7.4
>


-- 
Thanks,
~Nick Desaulniers