On 02/15/2018 01:07 PM, Luc Van Oostenryck wrote: > Currently, sparse issues warnings on code using an attribute > it doesn't know about. > > One of the problem with this is that these warnings have no > value for the developer, it's just noise for him. At best these > warnings tell something about some deficiencies of sparse itself > but not about a potential problem with code analyzed. > > A second problem with this is that sparse release are, alas, > less frequent than new attributes are added to GCC. > > So, avoid the noise by asking sparse to not warn about > attributes it doesn't know about. > > Reference: https://marc.info/?l=linux-sparse&m=151871600016790 > Reference: https://marc.info/?l=linux-sparse&m=151871725417322 > Signed-off-by: Luc Van Oostenryck <luc.vanoostenryck@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > Makefile | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile > index 79ad2bfa2..8d9a7374c 100644 > --- a/Makefile > +++ b/Makefile > @@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ PYTHON = python > CHECK = sparse > > CHECKFLAGS := -D__linux__ -Dlinux -D__STDC__ -Dunix -D__unix__ \ > - -Wbitwise -Wno-return-void $(CF) > + -Wbitwise -Wno-return-void -Wno-unknown-attribute $(CF) > NOSTDINC_FLAGS = > CFLAGS_MODULE = > AFLAGS_MODULE = > Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Tested-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> thanks, -- ~Randy -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kbuild" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html