[PATCH -v4] kbuild: Add extra gcc checks

Borislav Petkov
2011-02-21T11:03:26Z

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

-v4: Enable this for gcc only. Also, check for options which are not
supported by every gcc version we use to build the kernel. Adding those
checks for _every_ option slows down the build noticeably so be sensible
here and add it only when your gcc version chokes on a particular
option.

-v[2..3]: move to Makefile.build

Cc: Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz>
Cc: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
Cc: linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org
Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
---
Makefile | 6 ++++++
scripts/Makefile.build | 37 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
2 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c9c8c8f..c3bca9c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -102,6 +102,11 @@ ifeq ("$(origin O)", "command line")
KBUILD_OUTPUT := $(O)
endif

+ifeq ("$(origin W)", "command line")
+ KBUILD_ENABLE_EXTRA_GCC_CHECKS = 1
+ export KBUILD_ENABLE_EXTRA_GCC_CHECKS
+endif
+
# That's our default target when none is given on the command line
PHONY := _all
_all:
@@ -1262,6 +1267,7 @@ help:
@echo ' make O=dir [targets] Locate all output files in "dir", including .config'
@echo ' make C=1 [targets] Check all c source with $$CHECK (sparse by default)'
@echo ' make C=2 [targets] Force check of all c source with $$CHECK'
+ @echo ' make W=1 [targets] Enable extra gcc checks'
@echo ''
@echo 'Execute "make" or "make all" to build all targets marked with [*] '
@echo 'For further info see the ./README file'
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.build b/scripts/Makefile.build
index 4eb99ab..fa4b40d 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.build
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.build
@@ -49,6 +49,42 @@ ifeq ($(KBUILD_NOPEDANTIC),)
$(error CFLAGS was changed in "$(kbuild-file)". Fix it to use EXTRA_CFLAGS)
endif
endif
+
+#
+# make W=1 settings
+#
+# $(call cc-option... ) handles gcc -W.. options which
+# are not supported by all versions of the compiler
+ifdef KBUILD_ENABLE_EXTRA_GCC_CHECKS
+ifneq ($(call cc-version),)
+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)
+endif
+endif
+
include scripts/Makefile.lib

ifdef host-progs
@@ -403,7 +439,6 @@ ifneq ($(cmd_files),)
include $(cmd_files)
endif

-
# Declare the contents of the .PHONY variable as phony. We keep that
# information in a variable se we can use it in if_changed and friends.

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