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authorBorislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>2011-03-01 09:35:29 +0100
committerMichal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz>2011-03-09 15:35:35 +0100
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kbuild: Add extra gcc checks
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 Cc: Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz> Cc: linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org Acked-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> Signed-off-by: Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz>
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@@ -196,3 +196,8 @@ to be included in the databases, separated by blank space. E.g.:
To get all available archs you can also specify all. E.g.:
$ make ALLSOURCE_ARCHS=all tags
+
+KBUILD_ENABLE_EXTRA_GCC_CHECKS
+--------------------------------------------------
+If enabled over the make command line with "W=1", it turns on additional
+gcc -W... options for more extensive build-time checking.