[PATCH 38/47] add CONFIG_ENABLE_MUST_CHECK

[Greg KH]

From: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx>

Those 1500 warnings can be a bit of a pain.  Add a config option to shut them
up.

Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>
---
 include/linux/compiler.h |    5 +++++
 lib/Kconfig.debug        |    7 +++++++
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/compiler.h b/include/linux/compiler.h
index 9b4f110..060b961 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler.h
@@ -99,6 +99,11 @@ #ifndef __must_check
 #define __must_check
 #endif
 
+#ifndef CONFIG_ENABLE_MUST_CHECK
+#undef __must_check
+#define __must_check
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Allow us to avoid 'defined but not used' warnings on functions and data,
  * as well as force them to be emitted to the assembly file.
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index 554ee68..5c114c3 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -8,6 +8,13 @@ config PRINTK_TIME
 	  operations.  This is useful for identifying long delays
 	  in kernel startup.
 
+config ENABLE_MUST_CHECK
+	bool "Enable __must_check logic"
+	default y
+	help
+	  Enable the __must_check logic in the kernel build.  Disable this to
+	  suppress the "warning: ignoring return value of 'foo', declared with
+	  attribute warn_unused_result" messages.
 
 config MAGIC_SYSRQ
 	bool "Magic SysRq key"
-- 
1.4.2.1

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