Re: [PATCH] linux/types.h: enable endian checks for all sparse builds

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On Thu, Dec 08, 2016 at 05:21:47AM +0000, Bart Van Assche wrote:
> On 12/07/16 18:29, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > By now, linux is mostly endian-clean. Enabling endian-ness
> > checks for everyone produces about 200 new sparse warnings for me -
> > less than 10% over the 2000 sparse warnings already there.
> >
> > Not a big deal, OTOH enabling this helps people notice
> > they are introducing new bugs.
> >
> > So let's just drop __CHECK_ENDIAN__. Follow-up patches
> > can drop distinction between __bitwise and __bitwise__.
> 
> Hello Michael,
> 
> This patch makes a whole bunch of ccflags-y += -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__ 
> statements obsolete. Have you considered to remove these statements?

Absolutely. Just waiting for feedback on the idea.

> Additionally, there are notable exceptions to the rule that most drivers 
> are endian-clean, e.g. drivers/scsi/qla2xxx. I would appreciate it if it 
> would remain possible to check such drivers with sparse without enabling 
> endianness checks. Have you considered to change #ifdef __CHECK_ENDIAN__ 
> into e.g. #ifndef __DONT_CHECK_ENDIAN__?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Bart.

The right thing is probably just to fix these, isn't it?
Until then, why not just ignore the warnings?

-- 
MST
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