-Wtype-limits is included in -Wextra which is added at W=1. It warns (among other things) that 'comparison of an unsigned variable `< 0` is always false. This causes noisy warnings, especially when used in macros, hence it is more suitable for W=2. Signed-off-by: Rikard Falkeborn <rikard.falkeborn@xxxxxxxxx> --- See also discussion at https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAHk-=wiKCXEWKJ9dWUimGbrVRo_N2RosESUw8E7m9AEtyZcu=w@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ scripts/Makefile.extrawarn | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.extrawarn b/scripts/Makefile.extrawarn index 4aea7cf71d11..62c275685b75 100644 --- a/scripts/Makefile.extrawarn +++ b/scripts/Makefile.extrawarn @@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option, -Wstringop-truncation) # The following turn off the warnings enabled by -Wextra KBUILD_CFLAGS += -Wno-missing-field-initializers KBUILD_CFLAGS += -Wno-sign-compare +KBUILD_CFLAGS += -Wno-type-limits KBUILD_CPPFLAGS += -DKBUILD_EXTRA_WARN1 @@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS += -Wshadow KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option, -Wlogical-op) KBUILD_CFLAGS += -Wmissing-field-initializers KBUILD_CFLAGS += -Wsign-compare +KBUILD_CFLAGS += -Wtype-limits KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option, -Wmaybe-uninitialized) KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option, -Wunused-macros) -- 2.27.0
