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diff --git a/Documentation/process/4.Coding.rst b/Documentation/process/4.Coding.rst index 13dd893c9f88..1f0d81f44e14 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/4.Coding.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/4.Coding.rst @@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ breaks? The best answer to this question was expressed by Linus in July, progress at all. Is it two steps forwards, one step back, or one step forward and two steps back? -(http://lwn.net/Articles/243460/). +(https://lwn.net/Articles/243460/). An especially unwelcome type of regression is any sort of change to the user-space ABI. Once an interface has been exported to user space, it must @@ -242,17 +242,15 @@ and try to avoid "fixes" which make the warning go away without addressing its cause. Note that not all compiler warnings are enabled by default. Build the -kernel with "make EXTRA_CFLAGS=-W" to get the full set. +kernel with "make KCFLAGS=-W" to get the full set. The kernel provides several configuration options which turn on debugging features; most of these are found in the "kernel hacking" submenu. Several of these options should be turned on for any kernel used for development or testing purposes. In particular, you should turn on: - - ENABLE_MUST_CHECK and FRAME_WARN to get an - extra set of warnings for problems like the use of deprecated interfaces - or ignoring an important return value from a function. The output - generated by these warnings can be verbose, but one need not worry about + - FRAME_WARN to get warnings for stack frames larger than a given amount. + The output generated can be verbose, but one need not worry about warnings from other parts of the kernel. - DEBUG_OBJECTS will add code to track the lifetime of various objects @@ -323,7 +321,7 @@ other architectures. If you do not happen to have an S/390 system or a Blackfin development board handy, you can still perform the compilation step. A large set of cross compilers for x86 systems can be found at - http://www.kernel.org/pub/tools/crosstool/ + https://www.kernel.org/pub/tools/crosstool/ Some time spent installing and using these compilers will help avoid embarrassment later. |