lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2006]   [Jul]   [6]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
Date
From
SubjectRe: [2.6 patch] add -Werror-implicit-function-declaration to CFLAGS
On Thu, Jul 06, 2006 at 06:37:28PM +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> Currently, using an undeclared function gives a compile warning, but it
> can lead to a nasty to debug runtime stack corruptions if the prototype
> of the function is different from what gcc guessed.
>
> With -Werror-implicit-function-declaration we are getting an immediate
> compile error instead.
>
> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>

I've been carrying pretty much the same patch in Fedora for months,
and making sure it still builds across x86/x86-64/s390/ia64/ppc32/ppc64.
It saves a lot of time when you're building a large heavily modular kernel.
(like that from a distro config say)

Signed-off-by: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>

--
http://www.codemonkey.org.uk
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2006-07-06 20:25    [W:0.510 / U:0.056 seconds]
©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site