This flag is documented in the GCC 4.6 manual, and recognized by Clang as well. Let's rip off the cc-option switch. Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Makefile | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile index c71ffb6f55b5..3f5e8a0f4561 100644 --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile @@ -841,7 +841,7 @@ NOSTDINC_FLAGS += -nostdinc -isystem $(shell $(CC) -print-file-name=include) KBUILD_CFLAGS += -Wdeclaration-after-statement # Variable Length Arrays (VLAs) should not be used anywhere in the kernel -KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-Wvla) +KBUILD_CFLAGS += -Wvla # disable pointer signed / unsigned warnings in gcc 4.0 KBUILD_CFLAGS += -Wno-pointer-sign -- 2.17.1