linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Makefile: use -Wno-main in the full kernel tree

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Message-ID: <CAHk-=whP8o-K2=WWQm=cqx5YTpZcb+KCVvomZ+NeV19CsBMp3w@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 16 Aug 2021 14:38:25 -1000
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@...nel.org>,
        Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
        Michal Marek <michal.lkml@...kovi.net>,
        Linux Kbuild mailing list <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Makefile: use -Wno-main in the full kernel tree

On Mon, Aug 16, 2021 at 2:33 PM Linus Torvalds
<torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
>
> So the warnings that clang gives with -Wmain seem to be much more reasonable.

In fact, I can't recreate the warning even with gcc and -Wmain.

I get the feeling that this was a temporary misake in gcc, and perhaps
only warns in a few very specific versions, and the gcc people already
fixed this long ago.

Oh well.

              Linus