Re: [PATCH v3.1] kbuild: implement several W= levels

Sam Ravnborg
2011-04-27T08:22:28Z

On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 10:43:07PM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 09:52:35PM +0200, Michal Marek wrote:
> > On 22.4.2011 19:50, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> > > From: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
> > >
> > > Building a kernel with "make W=1" produce far too much noise
> > > to be usefull.
> > >
> > > Divide the warning options in three groups:
> > >
> > > W=1 - warnings that may be relevant and does not occur too often
> > > W=2 - warnings that occur quite often but may still be relevant
> > > W=3 - the more obscure warnings, can most likely be ignored
> > >
> > > When building init/ on my box the levels produces:
> > >
> > > W=1 - 46 warnings
> > > W=2 - 863 warnings
> > > W=3 - 6496 warnings
> >
> > I guess these numbers are not valid after your changes? Not that the
> > exact numbers are important, but maybe the distribution change?
>
> I think so too that those numbers don't mean a lot.

The numbers _only_ tell you that the amoun of warnings on W=1
is down to a manageable number and they increase be the higher
level.

Will you cook up a more correct changelog and resubmit?

Sam