Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758343Ab1D1SAE (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Apr 2011 14:00:04 -0400 Received: from lennier.cc.vt.edu ([198.82.162.213]:48531 "EHLO lennier.cc.vt.edu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757647Ab1D1SAC (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Apr 2011 14:00:02 -0400 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.7.2 01/07/2005 with nmh-1.3-dev To: Michal Marek Cc: Borislav Petkov , Sam Ravnborg , linux-kbuild , LKML , Dave Jones Subject: Re: [PATCH v3.1] kbuild: implement several W= levels In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 28 Apr 2011 18:24:46 +0200." <4DB994CE.40403@suse.cz> From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu References: <20110422110947.GA20715@merkur.ravnborg.org> <1303494642-18594-1-git-send-email-bp@alien8.de> <20110427082555.GC5726@merkur.ravnborg.org> <20110427113513.GB18112@eferding.osrc.amd.com> <11802.1303950320@localhost> <4DB994CE.40403@suse.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="==_Exmh_1304013549_56837P"; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2011 13:59:09 -0400 Message-ID: <71633.1304013549@localhost> X-Mirapoint-Received-SPF: 198.82.161.152 auth3.smtp.vt.edu Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu 2 pass X-Mirapoint-IP-Reputation: reputation=neutral-1, source=Fixed, refid=n/a, actions=MAILHURDLE SPF TAG X-Junkmail-Status: score=10/50, host=dagger.cc.vt.edu X-Junkmail-Signature-Raw: score=unknown, refid=str=0001.0A010209.4DB9AAF1.003D,ss=1,fgs=0, ip=0.0.0.0, so=2010-07-22 22:03:31, dmn=2009-09-10 00:05:08, mode=single engine X-Junkmail-IWF: false Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1835 Lines: 47 --==_Exmh_1304013549_56837P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Thu, 28 Apr 2011 18:24:46 +0200, Michal Marek said: > On 28.4.2011 02:25, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote: > > On Wed, 27 Apr 2011 13:35:13 +0200, Borislav Petkov said: > > > >> If we do this inclusive, then W=2 dumps the, let's call it, level 1 > >> _plus_ the new level 2 warnings, polluting the output with something > >> I've already seen, but only partially. And then I start to think, did > >> I see this one already, didn't I, which was it? By the time you enable > >> W=3, the output becomes pretty useless. For example, W=3 generates 190+ > >> MB logfile here only with level 3 warnings. Now imagine all 3 levels > >> combined. > > > > If each level is averaging 10x the previous level, then all 3 levels will only be 11% > > bigger, or 211MB. > > > > You *really* want to get *all* the warnings - quite often, you'll be looking > > at a set of 15 or 20 level-3 warnings. And if you had the Level-2's in there as > > well, you'd immediately realize that the single level-2 was the real root-cause > > of all the cascating warnings. > > How about W=12 for level 1 and 2 warnings and W=123 for all levels? I'd be OK with that, or a 'W=all', or whatever, as long as it's doable. --==_Exmh_1304013549_56837P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 iD8DBQFNuartcC3lWbTT17ARAlYeAKDPMjG9Gc26WcKVf5SWnzx7GgtxXACdFjRl EXHG+YxYHLj9GPYMjsaSRkg= =7cqZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_1304013549_56837P-- -- 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/