Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 12:41:35 +0100
From: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
To: Tilman Schmidt <tilman@imap.cc>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, josh@freedesktop.org
Subject: Re: [2.6.24-rc2] make C=1 killed by sparse 0.4 choking on kernel/sched.c
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> 
> I don't quite know what to make of this. It looks like a bug in
> sparse, but kernel/sched.c is perhaps not quite innocent either.
> Also it doesn't seem right that the entire kernel compilation
> aborts just because of a failed sparse run.
> 
> Opinions?

With "make C=1" you can always do "make kernel/sched.o"
And then continue with "make C=1"

It is on purpose it stops so you are forced to fix your bugs.
It is not designed with sparse errors in mind :-)

	Sam
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