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authorNathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>2021-08-16 13:20:55 -0700
committerMasahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>2021-09-03 08:17:20 +0900
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parentkbuild: Remove -Wno-format-invalid-specifier from clang block (diff)
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kbuild: Add a comment above -Wno-gnu
Whenever a warning is disabled, it is helpful for future travelers to understand why the warning is disabled and why it is acceptable to do so. Add a comment for -Wno-gnu so that people understand why it is disabled. Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
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diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index add32a749860..8dc6707542a8 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -782,6 +782,7 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(stackp-flags-y)
ifdef CONFIG_CC_IS_CLANG
KBUILD_CPPFLAGS += -Qunused-arguments
+# The kernel builds with '-std=gnu89' so use of GNU extensions is acceptable.
KBUILD_CFLAGS += -Wno-gnu
# CLANG uses a _MergedGlobals as optimization, but this breaks modpost, as the
# source of a reference will be _MergedGlobals and not on of the whitelisted names.