Re: Do you want warning quashing patches at this point in the cycle?

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To: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Do you want warning quashing patches at this point in the cycle?
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2021 09:38:32 -0700
Cc: Dominique Martinet <asmadeus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx>, Marc Dionne <marc.dionne@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Anna Schumaker <anna.schumaker@xxxxxxxxxx>, Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxx>, v9fs-developer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-afs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "open list:NFS, SUNRPC, AND..." <linux-nfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "open list:DOCUMENTATION" <linux-doc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
In-reply-to: <270324.1633342386@warthog.procyon.org.uk>

On Mon, Oct 4, 2021 at 3:13 AM David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Do you want patches that quash warnings from W=1

For W=1? No.

The kerneldoc ones might be ok, but actual code fixes have
historically been problematic because W=1 sometimes warns for
perfectly good code (and then people "fix" it to not warn, and
introduce actual bugs).

           Linus

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