linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/20] ata: ahci_dm816: Ignore -Woverride-init

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Date:   Thu, 28 Jan 2021 18:19:03 +0000
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
        linux-ide@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/20] ata: ahci_dm816: Ignore -Woverride-init

On Thu, Jan 28, 2021 at 06:02:20PM +0000, Lee Jones wrote:
> Some ATA drivers use the SCSI host template, a series of interwoven
> macros, to aid with initialisation.  Some of these macros conflict,
> resulting in the over-writing of previously set values.

Please just disable this warning globally.  This is a sensible
patter and we should not sprinkle per-file options for something
that fundamental.