4.9-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit 217c3e0196758662aa0429863b09d1c13da1c5d6 upstream. They are too noisy Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Makefile | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile @@ -802,6 +802,9 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-Wdecl # disable pointer signed / unsigned warnings in gcc 4.0 KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning, pointer-sign) +# disable stringop warnings in gcc 8+ +KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning, stringop-truncation) + # disable invalid "can't wrap" optimizations for signed / pointers KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-fno-strict-overflow)