linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] LoongArch: Fix some build warnings with -W1 option

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Date:   Sat, 16 Sep 2023 18:07:58 +0800
From:   Xi Ruoyao <xry111@...111.site>
To:     bibo mao <maobibo@...ngson.cn>, Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@...nel.org>
Cc:     loongarch@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] LoongArch: Fix some build warnings with -W1 option

On Sat, 2023-09-16 at 17:56 +0800, bibo mao wrote:
> 
> 
> 在 2023/9/16 17:42, Huacai Chen 写道:
> > Hi, Bibo,
> > 
> > On Sat, Sep 16, 2023 at 5:23 PM Bibo Mao <maobibo@...ngson.cn> wrote:
> > > 
> > > There are some building warnings when building LoongArch kernel
> > > with -W1 option as following, this patch fixes these building
> > > warnings.
> > Don't touch asm-offsets.c now, because it is being refactored by the community.
> Well, I will bypass this file and send the next version.
> 
> Do you think that is it deserved to add -Wno-override-init option
> to remove compiling warning about file syscall.c? I am not sure about it.

What is a -W1 option?  At least GCC 13 does not recognize it.

And generally you cannot randomly add warning options building the
kernel and expect a clean result.  I don't think we should "fix"
breakages caused by custom warnings at all, unless the warning indicates
a real issue.


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Xi Ruoyao <xry111@...111.site>
School of Aerospace Science and Technology, Xidian University