---

yaml
---
r: 250748
b: refs/heads/master
c: 28bc20d
h: refs/heads/master
v: v3

[refs]

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 40df759e2b9ec945f1a5ddc61b3fdfbb6583257e
+refs/heads/master: 28bc20dccadc610c56e27255aeef2938141a0cd3

trunk/Makefile

@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ ifeq ("$(origin O)", "command line")
 endif
 
 ifeq ("$(origin W)", "command line")
-  export KBUILD_ENABLE_EXTRA_GCC_CHECKS := 1
+  export KBUILD_ENABLE_EXTRA_GCC_CHECKS := $(W)
 endif
 
 # That's our default target when none is given on the command line
@@ -1274,7 +1274,11 @@ help:
 	@echo  '  make O=dir [targets] Locate all output files in "dir", including .config'
 	@echo  '  make C=1   [targets] Check all c source with $$CHECK (sparse by default)'
 	@echo  '  make C=2   [targets] Force check of all c source with $$CHECK'
-	@echo  '  make W=1   [targets] Enable extra gcc checks'
+	@echo  '  make W=n   [targets] Enable extra gcc checks, n=1,2,3 where'
+	@echo  '		1: warnings which may be relevant and do not occur too often'
+	@echo  '		2: warnings which occur quite often but may still be relevant'
+	@echo  '		3: more obscure warnings, can most likely be ignored'
+
 	@echo  ''
 	@echo  'Execute "make" or "make all" to build all targets marked with [*] '
 	@echo  'For further info see the ./README file'

trunk/scripts/Makefile.build

@@ -51,36 +51,47 @@ ifeq ($(KBUILD_NOPEDANTIC),)
 endif
 
 #
-# make W=1 settings
+# make W=... settings
 #
-# $(call cc-option... ) handles gcc -W.. options which
+# W=1 - warnings that may be relevant and does not occur too often
+# W=2 - warnings that occur quite often but may still be relevant
+# W=3 - the more obscure warnings, can most likely be ignored
+#
+# $(call cc-option, -W...) handles gcc -W.. options which
 # are not supported by all versions of the compiler
 ifdef KBUILD_ENABLE_EXTRA_GCC_CHECKS
-KBUILD_EXTRA_WARNINGS := -Wextra
-KBUILD_EXTRA_WARNINGS += -Wunused -Wno-unused-parameter
-KBUILD_EXTRA_WARNINGS += -Waggregate-return
-KBUILD_EXTRA_WARNINGS += -Wbad-function-cast
-KBUILD_EXTRA_WARNINGS += -Wcast-qual
-KBUILD_EXTRA_WARNINGS += -Wcast-align
-KBUILD_EXTRA_WARNINGS += -Wconversion
-KBUILD_EXTRA_WARNINGS += -Wdisabled-optimization
-KBUILD_EXTRA_WARNINGS += -Wlogical-op
-KBUILD_EXTRA_WARNINGS += -Wmissing-declarations
-KBUILD_EXTRA_WARNINGS += -Wmissing-format-attribute
-KBUILD_EXTRA_WARNINGS += $(call cc-option, -Wmissing-include-dirs,)
-KBUILD_EXTRA_WARNINGS += -Wmissing-prototypes
-KBUILD_EXTRA_WARNINGS += -Wnested-externs
-KBUILD_EXTRA_WARNINGS += -Wold-style-definition
-KBUILD_EXTRA_WARNINGS += $(call cc-option, -Woverlength-strings,)
-KBUILD_EXTRA_WARNINGS += -Wpacked
-KBUILD_EXTRA_WARNINGS += -Wpacked-bitfield-compat
-KBUILD_EXTRA_WARNINGS += -Wpadded
-KBUILD_EXTRA_WARNINGS += -Wpointer-arith
-KBUILD_EXTRA_WARNINGS += -Wredundant-decls
-KBUILD_EXTRA_WARNINGS += -Wshadow
-KBUILD_EXTRA_WARNINGS += -Wswitch-default
-KBUILD_EXTRA_WARNINGS += $(call cc-option, -Wvla,)
-KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(KBUILD_EXTRA_WARNINGS)
+warning-1 := -Wextra -Wunused -Wno-unused-parameter
+warning-1 += -Wmissing-declarations
+warning-1 += -Wmissing-format-attribute
+warning-1 += -Wmissing-prototypes
+warning-1 += -Wold-style-definition
+warning-1 += $(call cc-option, -Wmissing-include-dirs)
+
+warning-2 := -Waggregate-return
+warning-2 += -Wcast-align
+warning-2 += -Wdisabled-optimization
+warning-2 += -Wnested-externs
+warning-2 += -Wshadow
+warning-2 += $(call cc-option, -Wlogical-op)
+
+warning-3 := -Wbad-function-cast
+warning-3 += -Wcast-qual
+warning-3 += -Wconversion
+warning-3 += -Wpacked
+warning-3 += -Wpadded
+warning-3 += -Wpointer-arith
+warning-3 += -Wredundant-decls
+warning-3 += -Wswitch-default
+warning-3 += $(call cc-option, -Wpacked-bitfield-compat)
+warning-3 += $(call cc-option, -Wvla)
+
+warning := $(warning-$(KBUILD_ENABLE_EXTRA_GCC_CHECKS))
+
+ifeq ("$(warning)","")
+        $(error W=$(KBUILD_ENABLE_EXTRA_GCC_CHECKS) is unknown)
+endif
+
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(warning)
 endif
 
 include scripts/Makefile.lib