Re: [RFC PATCH] kbuild: implement several W= levels

[Stratos Psomadakis <psomas@ece.ntua.gr>]

On 22/04/2011 12:39 πμ, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> Building a kernel with "make W=1" produce far too much noise
> to be usefull.
>
> Divide the warning options in three groups:
>
> W=1 - usefull warning options
> W=2 - noisy but semi usefull warnign options
> W=3 - almost pure noise options
>
> I do not feel strongly about the distinction between
> group 2 and 3. But we should consider what we add in group 1.
>
>
> Sample run on my box (x86, 32bit allyesconfig build)
>   CC      kernel/bounds.s
> kernel/bounds.c:14: warning: no previous prototype for ‘foo’
>   GEN     include/generated/bounds.h
>   CC      arch/x86/kernel/asm-offsets.s
> In file included from include/linux/sched.h:73,
>                  from arch/x86/kernel/asm-offsets.c:9:
> include/linux/signal.h: In function ‘sigorsets’:
> include/linux/signal.h:121: warning: nested extern declaration of ‘_NSIG_WORDS_is_unsupported_size’
> include/linux/signal.h: In function ‘sigandsets’:
> include/linux/signal.h:124: warning: nested extern declaration of ‘_NSIG_WORDS_is_unsupported_size’
> include/linux/signal.h: In function ‘signandsets’:
> include/linux/signal.h:127: warning: nested extern declaration of ‘_NSIG_WORDS_is_unsupported_size’
> include/linux/signal.h: In function ‘signotset’:
> include/linux/signal.h:151: warning: nested extern declaration of ‘_NSIG_WORDS_is_unsupported_size’
> arch/x86/kernel/asm-offsets.c: At top level:
> arch/x86/kernel/asm-offsets.c:30: warning: no previous prototype for ‘common’
>
> the patch is only an RFC - and is not made on top
> of an upstream kernel with no additiona stuff applied.
>
> 	Sam
>
> diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
> index b967b96..f0e138b 100644
> --- a/Makefile
> +++ b/Makefile
> @@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ ifeq ("$(origin O)", "command line")
>  endif
>  
>  ifeq ("$(origin W)", "command line")
> -  export KBUILD_ENABLE_EXTRA_GCC_CHECKS := 1
> +  export KBUILD_ENABLE_EXTRA_GCC_CHECKS := $(W)
>  endif
>  
>  # That's our default target when none is given on the command line
> diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.build b/scripts/Makefile.build
> index d5f925a..b65f820 100644
> --- a/scripts/Makefile.build
> +++ b/scripts/Makefile.build
> @@ -56,31 +56,43 @@ endif
>  # $(call cc-option... ) handles gcc -W.. options which
>  # are not supported by all versions of the compiler
>  ifdef KBUILD_ENABLE_EXTRA_GCC_CHECKS
> -KBUILD_EXTRA_WARNINGS := -Wextra
> -KBUILD_EXTRA_WARNINGS += -Wunused -Wno-unused-parameter
> -KBUILD_EXTRA_WARNINGS += -Waggregate-return
> -KBUILD_EXTRA_WARNINGS += -Wbad-function-cast
> -KBUILD_EXTRA_WARNINGS += -Wcast-qual
> -KBUILD_EXTRA_WARNINGS += -Wcast-align
> -KBUILD_EXTRA_WARNINGS += -Wconversion
> -KBUILD_EXTRA_WARNINGS += -Wdisabled-optimization
> -KBUILD_EXTRA_WARNINGS += -Wlogical-op
> -KBUILD_EXTRA_WARNINGS += -Wmissing-declarations
> -KBUILD_EXTRA_WARNINGS += -Wmissing-format-attribute
> -KBUILD_EXTRA_WARNINGS += $(call cc-option, -Wmissing-include-dirs,)
> -KBUILD_EXTRA_WARNINGS += -Wmissing-prototypes
> -KBUILD_EXTRA_WARNINGS += -Wnested-externs
> -KBUILD_EXTRA_WARNINGS += -Wold-style-definition
> -KBUILD_EXTRA_WARNINGS += $(call cc-option, -Woverlength-strings,)
> -KBUILD_EXTRA_WARNINGS += -Wpacked
> -KBUILD_EXTRA_WARNINGS += -Wpacked-bitfield-compat
> -KBUILD_EXTRA_WARNINGS += -Wpadded
> -KBUILD_EXTRA_WARNINGS += -Wpointer-arith
> -KBUILD_EXTRA_WARNINGS += -Wredundant-decls
> -KBUILD_EXTRA_WARNINGS += -Wshadow
> -KBUILD_EXTRA_WARNINGS += -Wswitch-default
> -KBUILD_EXTRA_WARNINGS += $(call cc-option, -Wvla,)
> -KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(KBUILD_EXTRA_WARNINGS)
> +warning-1 := -Wextra
> +warning-1 += -Wunused -Wno-unused-parameter
> +warning-2 += -Waggregate-return
> +warning-2 += -Wbad-function-cast
> +warning-2 += -Wcast-qual
> +warning-2 += -Wcast-align
> +warning-3 += -Wconversion
> +warning-2 += -Wdisabled-optimization
> +warning-2 += -Wlogical-op
> +warning-1 += -Wmissing-declarations
> +warning-1 += -Wmissing-format-attribute
> +warning-1 += $(call cc-option, -Wmissing-include-dirs,)
> +warning-1 += -Wmissing-prototypes
> +warning-1 += -Wnested-externs
> +warning-2 += -Wold-style-definition
> +warning-2 += $(call cc-option, -Woverlength-strings,)
> +warning-3 += -Wpacked
> +warning-3 += -Wpacked-bitfield-compat
> +warning-3 += -Wpadded
> +warning-3 += -Wpointer-arith
> +warning-2 += -Wredundant-decls
> +warning-2 += -Wshadow
> +warning-3 += -Wswitch-default
> +warning-3 += $(call cc-option, -Wvla,)
> +ifeq ($(KBUILD_ENABLE_EXTRA_GCC_CHECKS),1)
> +        KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(warning-1)
> +else
> +        ifeq ($(KBUILD_ENABLE_EXTRA_GCC_CHECKS),2)
> +                KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(warning-1) $(warning-2)
> +        else
> +                ifeq ($(KBUILD_ENABLE_EXTRA_GCC_CHECKS),3)
> +                        KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(warning-1) $(warning-2) $(warning-3)
> +                else
> +                        $(error W=$(KBUILD_ENABLE_EXTRA_GCC_CHECKS) is unknown)
> +                endif
> +        endif
> +endif
>  endif
>  
>  include scripts/Makefile.lib
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Just started looking at the patch.
I tested it and -Wnested-externs is causing a *lot* of noise, because of
the  nested extern ‘_NSIG_WORDS_is_unsupported_size’ in
include/linux/signal.h, which gets included a lot.
So, unless that changes, I think that it shouldn't be enabled for W=1.

-- 
Stratos Psomadakis
<psomas@ece.ntua.gr>