linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] kbuild: rename KBUILD_ENABLE_EXTRA_GCC_CHECKS to KBUILD_EXTRA

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Date:   Mon, 2 Sep 2019 22:37:35 -0700
From:   Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@...il.com>
To:     Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
Cc:     linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@...il.com>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Michal Marek <michal.lkml@...kovi.net>,
        clang-built-linux@...glegroups.com, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] kbuild: rename KBUILD_ENABLE_EXTRA_GCC_CHECKS to
 KBUILD_EXTRA_WARN

On Sun, Sep 01, 2019 at 01:25:55AM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> KBUILD_ENABLE_EXTRA_GCC_CHECKS started as a switch to add extra warning
> options for GCC, but now it is a historical misnomer since we use it
> also for Clang, DTC, and even kernel-doc.
> 
> Rename it to more sensible, and shorter KBUILD_EXTRA_WARN.
> 
> For the backward compatibility, KBUILD_ENABLE_EXTRA_GCC_CHECKS is still
> supported (but not advertised in the documentation).
> 
> I also fixed up 'make help', and updated the documentation.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>

Reviewed-by: Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@...il.com>