Re: [CHECKER] large stack variables (>=1K) in 2.4.4 and 2.4.4-ac8

Andi Kleen
2001-05-25T08:18:29Z

On Fri, May 25, 2001 at 03:20:20PM +1000, Keith Owens wrote:
> ftp://ftp.ocs.com.au/pub/kernel.stack.gz. ix86 specific, probably gcc
> specific and it only picks up code that you compile. The Stanford
> checker is much better.

I have no complete understanding of the stanford checker, but I was assuming
that it was a hacked version of gcc. If yes it has to use the preprocessor
and also will only catch stuff you compile. I don't see how you can do
meaningfull lint like checks without a preprocessor ;)

-Andi