linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kbuild: Require W=1 for -Wimplicit-fallthrough with clang

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Date:   Fri, 16 Aug 2019 00:59:34 +0200
From:   Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>
To:     Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@...il.com>
Cc:     Nathan Huckleberry <nhuck@...gle.com>,
        Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>,
        Michal Marek <michal.lkml@...kovi.net>,
        Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
        Linux Kbuild mailing list <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        clang-built-linux <clang-built-linux@...glegroups.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kbuild: Require W=1 for -Wimplicit-fallthrough with clang

On Thu, Aug 15, 2019 at 10:45 PM Nathan Chancellor
<natechancellor@...il.com> wrote:
>
> I am still not a huge fan of the CONFIG_CC_IS_CLANG ifdefs but I don't
> really see a much cleaner way to get around this. Some that come to
> mind:

Yeah...

> * Revert commit bfd77145f35c ("Makefile: Convert -Wimplicit-fallthrough=3
> to just -Wimplicit-fallthrough for clang") for the time being and just
> rely on adding -Wimplicit-fallthrough to KCFLAGS for testing.

I would avoid applying commits that will have to be reverted just for
Clang, particularly since it is not fully supported yet.

Cheers,
Miguel