Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932212AbWJATDN (ORCPT ); Sun, 1 Oct 2006 15:03:13 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932214AbWJATDN (ORCPT ); Sun, 1 Oct 2006 15:03:13 -0400 Received: from gateway-1237.mvista.com ([63.81.120.158]:17972 "EHLO gateway-1237.mvista.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932212AbWJATDM (ORCPT ); Sun, 1 Oct 2006 15:03:12 -0400 Subject: Re: Announce: gcc bogus warning repository From: Daniel Walker To: Al Viro Cc: Jeff Garzik , Andrew Morton , Linux Kernel In-Reply-To: <20061001190034.GB29920@ftp.linux.org.uk> References: <451FC657.6090603@garzik.org> <1159717214.24767.3.camel@c-67-180-230-165.hsd1.ca.comcast.net> <20061001111226.3e14133f.akpm@osdl.org> <452005E7.5030705@garzik.org> <1159727188.24767.9.camel@c-67-180-230-165.hsd1.ca.comcast.net> <45200CC8.2030404@garzik.org> <1159729113.24767.14.camel@c-67-180-230-165.hsd1.ca.comcast.net> <20061001190034.GB29920@ftp.linux.org.uk> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sun, 01 Oct 2006 12:03:10 -0700 Message-Id: <1159729390.24767.16.camel@c-67-180-230-165.hsd1.ca.comcast.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 (2.2.3-2.fc4) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1102 Lines: 28 On Sun, 2006-10-01 at 20:00 +0100, Al Viro wrote: > On Sun, Oct 01, 2006 at 11:58:33AM -0700, Daniel Walker wrote: > > On Sun, 2006-10-01 at 14:45 -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote: > > > > > That doesn't address my question at all. > > > > Did you have a question? > > > > > If there is no difference between real non-init bugs and bogus warnings, > > > then a config option doesn't make any difference at all, does it? Real > > > bugs are still hidden either way: if the warnings are turned on, the > > > bugs are lost in the noise. if the warnings are turned off, the bugs > > > are completely hidden. > > > > If you turn the warnings on, at least you have a chance to see a warning > > even if it's mixed with others. > > And that's better than the current situation in which respects, exactly? Seeing the warnings is the current situation. Daniel - 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/