linux-kernel - Re: linux-next: build warnings after merge of the kspp-gustavo tree

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Message-ID: <b3c99290-40bc-426f-b3d2-1aa903f95c4e@embeddedor.com>
Date:   Fri, 24 Nov 2023 13:07:55 -0600
From:   "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavo@...eddedor.com>
To:     Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Next Mailing List <linux-next@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: linux-next: build warnings after merge of the kspp-gustavo tree


Hi Stephen,

On 11/22/23 00:24, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
> Stephen,
> 
> I need to double-check that. I'll be able to come back to work on this in 12-15 hours. I'm about to travel.
> 
> Thanks
> --
> Gustavo
> 
> 
> On Nov 21, 2023, 23:15, at 23:15, Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au> wrote:
>> Hi Gustavo,
>>
>> On Tue, 21 Nov 2023 22:04:17 -0600 "Gustavo A. R. Silva"
>> <gustavo@...eddedor.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> This doesn't show up with more recent compilers because it was an
>> issue in GCC.
>>
>> Sure, but we do still support gcc back to v5.1 .. are there other
>> earlier versions where you may want to suppress these warnings?

The GCC bug only appears in GCC 11. We should catch and fix -Wstringop-overflow
warnings with the rest of the versions that support this compiler option. :)

Thanks!
--
Gustavo