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

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Message-ID: <3c16596b-8fa1-4f36-7f4c-16a8034c92e1@infradead.org>
Date:   Sat, 21 Aug 2021 16:26:30 -0700
From:   Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.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 8/16/21 5:33 PM, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 2:01 PM Linus Torvalds
> <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
>>
>>  From a quick google, it seems like '-Wmain' means something else for
>> clang. But it is probably ok.
> 
> So the warnings that clang gives with -Wmain seem to be much more reasonable.
> 
> Which makes me think that the '-Wno-main' thing would likely be better
> as a gcc-only thing.
> 
> Maybe something like this instead?
> 
>                Linus

Tested-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>

Should I resend the full patch?

Thanks.

-- 
~Randy