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Date:   Tue, 13 Mar 2018 19:08:06 +0100
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
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Subject: Re: [tip:locking/core 9/11]
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 bits from constant value (100 becomes 0)
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On Tue, Mar 13, 2018 at 07:00:17PM +0100, Luc Van Oostenryck wrote:
> The issue here is that sparse has a whole class of warnings that are
> given very early (here at expansion of constant expressions), before
> eliminating code from branches that are never taken (which, surprise,
> need itself to have constant expressions already expanded).
> 
> It's often annoying like the case here.
> OTOH, I don't think it's always a bad thing. Sometimes we want to
> have warnings even from code we know will not be executed (in this
> config but maybe it will in another one).

Is that really a valid concern with all the automated randconfig
building going on today?