Mark actually has a tree that switches to gnu99 with a lot of the issues already sortd out and keeping sane default for things like the absolutely horrible declarations in the middle of code here: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mark/linux.git/commit/?h=treewide/gnu99&id=697e436ae0216aef4a37e69e85042c225492d6ff On Sun, Feb 27, 2022 at 10:52:43PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> > > During a patch discussion, Linus brought up the option of changing > the C standard version from gnu89 to gnu99, which allows using variable > declaration inside of a for() loop. While the C99, C11 and later standards > introduce many other features, most of these are already available in > gnu89 as GNU extensions as well. > > An earlier attempt to do this when gcc-5 started defaulting to > -std=gnu11 failed because at the time that caused warnings about > designated initializers with older compilers. Now that gcc-5.1 is the > minimum compiler version used for building kernels, that is no longer a > concern. Similarly, the behavior of 'inline' functions changes between > gnu89 and gnu89, but this was taken care of by defining 'inline' to > include __attribute__((gnu_inline)) in order to allow building with > clang a while ago. > > One minor issue that remains is an added gcc warning for shifts of > negative integers when building with -Werror, which happens with the > 'make W=1' option, as well as for three drivers in the kernel that always > enable -Werror, but it was only observed with the i915 driver so far. > > Nathan Chancellor reported an additional -Wdeclaration-after-statement > warning that appears in a system header on arm, this still needs a > workaround. > > Since the differences between gnu99, gnu11 and gnu17 are fairly minimal > and mainly impact warnings at the -Wpedantic level that the kernel > never enables, the easiest way is to just leave out the -std=gnu89 > argument entirely, and rely on the compiler default language setting, > which is gnu11 for gcc-5, and gnu1x/gnu17 for all other supported > versions of gcc or clang. > > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAHk-=wiyCH7xeHcmiFJ-YgXUy2Jaj7pnkdKpcovt8fYbVFW3TA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ > Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/1603 > Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: linux-kbuild@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Cc: llvm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> > --- > I put the suggestion into patch form, based on what we discussed > in the thread. I only gave it minimal testing, but it would > be good to have it in linux-next if we want to do this in the > merge window. > --- > Documentation/process/programming-language.rst | 4 ++-- > .../translations/it_IT/process/programming-language.rst | 4 ++-- > .../translations/zh_CN/process/programming-language.rst | 4 ++-- > .../translations/zh_TW/process/programming-language.rst | 4 ++-- > Makefile | 7 +++---- > arch/arm64/kernel/vdso32/Makefile | 3 +-- > drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Makefile | 1 + > drivers/staging/greybus/tools/Makefile | 3 ++- > fs/btrfs/Makefile | 1 + > scripts/Makefile.extrawarn | 1 + > 10 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/process/programming-language.rst b/Documentation/process/programming-language.rst > index ec474a70a02f..894f2a6eb9db 100644 > --- a/Documentation/process/programming-language.rst > +++ b/Documentation/process/programming-language.rst > @@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ Programming Language > > The kernel is written in the C programming language [c-language]_. > More precisely, the kernel is typically compiled with ``gcc`` [gcc]_ > -under ``-std=gnu89`` [gcc-c-dialect-options]_: the GNU dialect of ISO C90 > -(including some C99 features). ``clang`` [clang]_ is also supported, see > +under ``-std=gnu11`` [gcc-c-dialect-options]_: the GNU dialect of ISO C11 > +(including some C17 features). ``clang`` [clang]_ is also supported, see > docs on :ref:`Building Linux with Clang/LLVM <kbuild_llvm>`. > > This dialect contains many extensions to the language [gnu-extensions]_, > diff --git a/Documentation/translations/it_IT/process/programming-language.rst b/Documentation/translations/it_IT/process/programming-language.rst > index 41db2598ce11..aa21097737ae 100644 > --- a/Documentation/translations/it_IT/process/programming-language.rst > +++ b/Documentation/translations/it_IT/process/programming-language.rst > @@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ Linguaggio di programmazione > > Il kernel è scritto nel linguaggio di programmazione C [it-c-language]_. > Più precisamente, il kernel viene compilato con ``gcc`` [it-gcc]_ usando > -l'opzione ``-std=gnu89`` [it-gcc-c-dialect-options]_: il dialetto GNU > -dello standard ISO C90 (con l'aggiunta di alcune funzionalità da C99). > +l'opzione ``-std=gnu11`` [it-gcc-c-dialect-options]_: il dialetto GNU > +dello standard ISO C11 (con l'aggiunta di alcune funzionalità da C17). > Linux supporta anche ``clang`` [it-clang]_, leggete la documentazione > :ref:`Building Linux with Clang/LLVM <kbuild_llvm>`. > > diff --git a/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/process/programming-language.rst b/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/process/programming-language.rst > index 2a47a1d2ec20..58d2b3bd2d85 100644 > --- a/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/process/programming-language.rst > +++ b/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/process/programming-language.rst > @@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ > ============ > > 内核是用C语言 :ref:`c-language <cn_c-language>` 编写的。更准确地说，内核通常是用 :ref:`gcc <cn_gcc>` > -在 ``-std=gnu89`` :ref:`gcc-c-dialect-options <cn_gcc-c-dialect-options>` 下编译的：ISO C90的 GNU 方言（ > -包括一些C99特性） > +在 ``-std=gnu11`` :ref:`gcc-c-dialect-options <cn_gcc-c-dialect-options>` 下编译的：ISO C11的 GNU 方言（ > +包括一些C17特性） > > 这种方言包含对语言 :ref:`gnu-extensions <cn_gnu-extensions>` 的许多扩展，当然，它们许多都在内核中使用。 > > diff --git a/Documentation/translations/zh_TW/process/programming-language.rst b/Documentation/translations/zh_TW/process/programming-language.rst > index 54e3699eadf8..235de05f7e2c 100644 > --- a/Documentation/translations/zh_TW/process/programming-language.rst > +++ b/Documentation/translations/zh_TW/process/programming-language.rst > @@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ > ============ > > 內核是用C語言 :ref:`c-language <tw_c-language>` 編寫的。更準確地說，內核通常是用 :ref:`gcc <tw_gcc>` > -在 ``-std=gnu89`` :ref:`gcc-c-dialect-options <tw_gcc-c-dialect-options>` 下編譯的：ISO C90的 GNU 方言（ > -包括一些C99特性） > +在 ``-std=gnu11`` :ref:`gcc-c-dialect-options <tw_gcc-c-dialect-options>` 下編譯的：ISO C11的 GNU 方言（ > +包括一些C17特性） > > 這種方言包含對語言 :ref:`gnu-extensions <tw_gnu-extensions>` 的許多擴展，當然，它們許多都在內核中使用。 > > diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile > index 289ce2be8032..3ff6ba766f02 100644 > --- a/Makefile > +++ b/Makefile > @@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ HOSTCXX = g++ > endif > > export KBUILD_USERCFLAGS := -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wstrict-prototypes \ > - -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -std=gnu89 > + -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer > export KBUILD_USERLDFLAGS := > > KBUILD_HOSTCFLAGS := $(KBUILD_USERCFLAGS) $(HOST_LFS_CFLAGS) $(HOSTCFLAGS) > @@ -514,8 +514,7 @@ KBUILD_AFLAGS := -D__ASSEMBLY__ -fno-PIE > KBUILD_CFLAGS := -Wall -Wundef -Werror=strict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs \ > -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -fshort-wchar -fno-PIE \ > -Werror=implicit-function-declaration -Werror=implicit-int \ > - -Werror=return-type -Wno-format-security \ > - -std=gnu89 > + -Werror=return-type -Wno-format-security > KBUILD_CPPFLAGS := -D__KERNEL__ > KBUILD_AFLAGS_KERNEL := > KBUILD_CFLAGS_KERNEL := > @@ -782,7 +781,7 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(KBUILD_CFLAGS-y) $(CONFIG_CC_IMPLICIT_FALLTHROUGH) > > ifdef CONFIG_CC_IS_CLANG > KBUILD_CPPFLAGS += -Qunused-arguments > -# The kernel builds with '-std=gnu89' so use of GNU extensions is acceptable. > +# The kernel builds with '-std=gnu11' so use of GNU extensions is acceptable. > KBUILD_CFLAGS += -Wno-gnu > # CLANG uses a _MergedGlobals as optimization, but this breaks modpost, as the > # source of a reference will be _MergedGlobals and not on of the whitelisted names. > diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso32/Makefile b/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso32/Makefile > index 6c01b63ff56d..3250d0e25782 100644 > --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso32/Makefile > +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso32/Makefile > @@ -67,8 +67,7 @@ VDSO_CFLAGS += -DENABLE_COMPAT_VDSO=1 > VDSO_CFLAGS += -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs \ > -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common \ > -Werror-implicit-function-declaration \ > - -Wno-format-security \ > - -std=gnu89 > + -Wno-format-security > VDSO_CFLAGS += -O2 > # Some useful compiler-dependent flags from top-level Makefile > VDSO_CFLAGS += $(call cc32-option,-Wdeclaration-after-statement,) > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Makefile b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Makefile > index 1b62b9f65196..1618a6e0af4e 100644 > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Makefile > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Makefile > @@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ subdir-ccflags-y += -Wno-unused-parameter > subdir-ccflags-y += -Wno-type-limits > subdir-ccflags-y += -Wno-missing-field-initializers > subdir-ccflags-y += -Wno-sign-compare > +subdir-ccflags-y += -Wno-shift-negative-value > subdir-ccflags-y += $(call cc-disable-warning, unused-but-set-variable) > subdir-ccflags-y += $(call cc-disable-warning, frame-address) > subdir-ccflags-$(CONFIG_DRM_I915_WERROR) += -Werror > diff --git a/drivers/staging/greybus/tools/Makefile b/drivers/staging/greybus/tools/Makefile > index ad0ae8053b79..a3bbd73171f2 100644 > --- a/drivers/staging/greybus/tools/Makefile > +++ b/drivers/staging/greybus/tools/Makefile > @@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ CFLAGS += -std=gnu99 -Wall -Wextra -g \ > -Wredundant-decls \ > -Wcast-align \ > -Wsign-compare \ > - -Wno-missing-field-initializers > + -Wno-missing-field-initializers \ > + -Wno-shift-negative-value > > CC := $(CROSS_COMPILE)gcc > > diff --git a/fs/btrfs/Makefile b/fs/btrfs/Makefile > index 4188ba3fd8c3..99f9995670ea 100644 > --- a/fs/btrfs/Makefile > +++ b/fs/btrfs/Makefile > @@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ subdir-ccflags-y += $(condflags) > subdir-ccflags-y += -Wno-missing-field-initializers > subdir-ccflags-y += -Wno-sign-compare > subdir-ccflags-y += -Wno-type-limits > +subdir-ccflags-y += -Wno-shift-negative-value > > obj-$(CONFIG_BTRFS_FS) := btrfs.o > > diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.extrawarn b/scripts/Makefile.extrawarn > index 8be892887d71..650d0b8ceec3 100644 > --- a/scripts/Makefile.extrawarn > +++ b/scripts/Makefile.extrawarn > @@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option, -Wstringop-truncation) > KBUILD_CFLAGS += -Wno-missing-field-initializers > KBUILD_CFLAGS += -Wno-sign-compare > KBUILD_CFLAGS += -Wno-type-limits > +KBUILD_CFLAGS += -Wno-shift-negative-value > > KBUILD_CPPFLAGS += -DKBUILD_EXTRA_WARN1 > > -- > 2.29.2 > ---end quoted text---
