linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] powerpc: Avoid clang warnings around setjmp and longjmp

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Message-ID: <20190829083259.GI31406@gate.crashing.org>
Date:   Thu, 29 Aug 2019 03:32:59 -0500
From:   Segher Boessenkool <segher@...nel.crashing.org>
To:     Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
Cc:     Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@...il.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "# 3.4.x" <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
        clang-built-linux <clang-built-linux@...glegroups.com>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        linuxppc-dev <linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc: Avoid clang warnings around setjmp and longjmp

On Wed, Aug 28, 2019 at 03:16:19PM -0700, Nick Desaulniers wrote:
> That's a good reason IMO.  IIRC, the -fno-builtin-* flags don't warn
> if * is some unrecognized value, so -fno-builtin-setjmp may not
> actually do anything, and you may need to scan the source (of clang or
> llvm).

-fno-builtin-foo makes the compiler not handle "foo" the same as it
handles "__builtin_foo".  If the compiler has no idea about "foo", well,
that is exactly what it does then anyhow, so why would it warn :-)


Segher