Re: [PATCH -v5] kbuild: Add extra gcc checks

[Borislav Petkov <bp@amd64.org>]

On Wed, Mar 09, 2011 at 09:45:04AM -0500, Michal Marek wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 01, 2011 at 09:35:29AM +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> > Add a 'W=1' Makefile switch which adds additional checking per build
> > object.
> > 
> > The idea behind this option is targeted at developers who, in the
> > process of writing their code, want to do the occasional
> > 
> > make W=1 [target.o]
> > 
> > and let gcc do more extensive code checking for them. Then, they
> > could eyeball the output for valid gcc warnings about various
> > bugs/discrepancies which are not reported during the normal build
> > process.
> > 
> > For more background information and a use case, read through this
> > thread: http://marc.info/?l=kernel-janitors&m=129802065918147&w=2
> > 
> > -v5: Document internal kbuild variable which is introduced by this.
> > Simplify assignment.
> 
> Thanks, applied to kbuild-2.6.git#packaging. If someone comes up with a
> good selection of warnings for W=1 and W=2, we can change it later.

Yeah, I was going to do that but am terribly busy at the moment. I'll do
an initial proposal against your kbuild branch when I get a chance.

Thanks.

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Boris.

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