From 5c6ae0efca8d7aeac02f8734825067cd9475a264 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nathan Chancellor Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2021 13:20:55 -0700 Subject: 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 Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada --- Makefile | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) (limited to 'Makefile') 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. -- cgit v1.2.3