[PATCH] kbuild: Disable -Wdefault-const-init-var-unsafe

[PATCH] kbuild: Disable -Wdefault-const-init-var-unsafe

[WangYuli]

Similar to ("kbuild: Disable -Wdefault-const-init-field-unsafe")
from list, -Wdefault-const-init-var-unsafe need to be disabled too.

While I haven't found this warning triggered in the kernel code
itself (my testing covers just a tiny fraction), it's clearly
something that should be disabled for the same reason.

Additionally, because dkms uses kernel compile parameters, some
out-of-tree modules might also hit this warning, like the Mucse
network driver.

Fix follow error with -Werror:
  drivers/net/ethernet/mucse/rnpgbe/rnpgbe_main.c:6126:11: error: default initialization of an object of type 'const u8[6]' (aka 'const unsigned char[6]') leaves the object uninitialized and is incompatible with C++ [-Werror,-Wdefault-const-init-var-unsafe]
   6126 |         const u8 target_addr[ETH_ALEN];
        |                  ^
  1 error generated.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250501-default-const-init-clang-v1-0-3d2c6c185dbb@kernel.org/
Signed-off-by: WangYuli <wangyuli@uniontech.com>
---
 scripts/Makefile.extrawarn | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.extrawarn b/scripts/Makefile.extrawarn
index a7b680df5b24..14e22310fbbf 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.extrawarn
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.extrawarn
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning, format-truncation-non-kprintf)
 # the field is within a union with other non-const members, or the containing
 # object is not const so the field can be modified via memcpy() / memset().
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning, default-const-init-field-unsafe)
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning, default-const-init-var-unsafe)
 else
 
 # gcc inanely warns about local variables called 'main'
-- 
2.49.0

Re: [PATCH] kbuild: Disable -Wdefault-const-init-var-unsafe

[Nathan Chancellor]

On Wed, May 07, 2025 at 05:13:40PM +0800, WangYuli wrote:
> Similar to ("kbuild: Disable -Wdefault-const-init-field-unsafe")
> from list, -Wdefault-const-init-var-unsafe need to be disabled too.

Thanks for the change but I already sent a v2 of that change to cover
this warning too:

https://lore.kernel.org/20250506-default-const-init-clang-v2-1-fcfb69703264@kernel.org/

> While I haven't found this warning triggered in the kernel code
> itself (my testing covers just a tiny fraction), it's clearly
> something that should be disabled for the same reason.
> 
> Additionally, because dkms uses kernel compile parameters, some
> out-of-tree modules might also hit this warning, like the Mucse
> network driver.
> 
> Fix follow error with -Werror:
>   drivers/net/ethernet/mucse/rnpgbe/rnpgbe_main.c:6126:11: error: default initialization of an object of type 'const u8[6]' (aka 'const unsigned char[6]') leaves the object uninitialized and is incompatible with C++ [-Werror,-Wdefault-const-init-var-unsafe]
>    6126 |         const u8 target_addr[ETH_ALEN];
>         |                  ^
>   1 error generated.

For the record, we do not care if warnings trigger in out of tree code,
that is not justification enough to disable the warning. If this warning
is coming from rnpgbe_set_mac() like I have seen in some downstream
trees, I don't even understand why this is marked const when there is

  memcpy((void *)target_addr, addr->sa_data, netdev->addr_len);

right after it :/

> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250501-default-const-init-clang-v1-0-3d2c6c185dbb@kernel.org/
> Signed-off-by: WangYuli <wangyuli@uniontech.com>
> ---
>  scripts/Makefile.extrawarn | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.extrawarn b/scripts/Makefile.extrawarn
> index a7b680df5b24..14e22310fbbf 100644
> --- a/scripts/Makefile.extrawarn
> +++ b/scripts/Makefile.extrawarn
> @@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning, format-truncation-non-kprintf)
>  # the field is within a union with other non-const members, or the containing
>  # object is not const so the field can be modified via memcpy() / memset().
>  KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning, default-const-init-field-unsafe)
> +KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning, default-const-init-var-unsafe)
>  else
>  
>  # gcc inanely warns about local variables called 'main'
> -- 
> 2.49.0
>