Re: [2.6 patch] add -Werror-implicit-function-declaration to CFLAGS

From: Randy.Dunlap
Date: Thu Nov 10 2005 - 23:03:10 EST


On Thu, 10 Nov 2005 18:24:43 -0800 Andrew Morton wrote:

> Adrian Bunk <bunk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, Nov 10, 2005 at 04:28:57AM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > > Adrian Bunk <bunk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Currently, using an undeclared function gives a compile warning, but it
> > > > can lead to a nasty runtime error 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.
> > > >
> > > > There will be some compile errors in cases where compilation previously
> > > > worked because the undefined function wasn't called due to gcc dead code
> > > > elimination, but in these cases a proper fix doesnt harm.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Sorry, I need to build allmodconfig kernels on wacky architectures (eg
> > > ppc64) and this patch is killing me.
> >
> > Can you send me the list of compile errors so that I can work on fixing
> > them?
> >
>
> No handily, sorry. Missing virt_to_bus() is the typical problem.
>
> The cross-tools at http://developer.osdl.org/dev/plm/cross_compile/ are
> quite simple to install.

Ack that. Those are the ones I use.

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