linux-kernel - [PATCH] kbuild: add -Wvla flag unconditionally

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Date:   Thu,  9 May 2019 15:45:49 +0900
From:   Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
To:     linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@...il.com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        clang-built-linux@...glegroups.com,
        Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>,
        Michal Marek <michal.lkml@...kovi.net>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] kbuild: add -Wvla flag unconditionally

This flag is documented in the GCC 4.6 manual, and recognized by
Clang as well. Let's rip off the cc-option switch.

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 c71ffb6f55b5..3f5e8a0f4561 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -841,7 +841,7 @@ NOSTDINC_FLAGS += -nostdinc -isystem $(shell $(CC) -print-file-name=include)
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += -Wdeclaration-after-statement
 
 # Variable Length Arrays (VLAs) should not be used anywhere in the kernel
-KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-Wvla)
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += -Wvla
 
 # disable pointer signed / unsigned warnings in gcc 4.0
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += -Wno-pointer-sign
-- 
2.17.1