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  Re: + kbuild-disable-wformat-truncation-warnings-by-default.patch  added to -mm tree Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2017-07-20 09:30 +0200
    Re: + kbuild-disable-wformat-truncation-warnings-by-default.patch  added to -mm tree gregkh <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> - 2017-07-20 10:20 +0200
      Re: + kbuild-disable-wformat-truncation-warnings-by-default.patch  added to -mm tree Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2017-07-20 12:50 +0200

#1692492 — Re: + kbuild-disable-wformat-truncation-warnings-by-default.patch added to -mm tree

On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 11:50 PM,  <akpm@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
> ------------------------------------------------------
> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
> Subject: kbuild: disable -Wformat-truncation warnings by default
>
> With x86 allmodconfig, we currently get 233 -Wformat-truncation warnings,
> which makes the entire warnings rather useless.
>
> This turns off the warning by default, unless we specify W=1 or higher
>
> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170714120720.906842-2-arnd@arndb.de
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
> ---
>
>  scripts/Makefile.extrawarn |    3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>
> diff -puN scripts/Makefile.extrawarn~kbuild-disable-wformat-truncation-warnings-by-default scripts/Makefile.extrawarn
> --- a/scripts/Makefile.extrawarn~kbuild-disable-wformat-truncation-warnings-by-default
> +++ a/scripts/Makefile.extrawarn
> @@ -67,5 +67,8 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warni
>  KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning, sign-compare)
>  KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning, format-zero-length)
>  KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning, uninitialized)
> +else
> +# noisy gcc-7 warnings
> +KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-Wformat-truncation=0)
>  endif
>  endif

Hi Andrew, Linus, Greg,

I noticed that Linus has made a similar patch in 4.13-rc1, commit bd664f6b3e37
("disable new gcc-7.1.1 warnings for now"), and it completely disables three
warnings (format-truncation, format-overflow and int-in-bool-context).

Obviously there is no point in having both, so let's talk about what we
want for 4.13, stable-backports and for future kernels, I'll then send those
patches. Here is my first suggestion:

- enable all three warnings with "make W=1" in 4.13, but leave them
  disabled by default.
- backport Linus' patch, plus the follow-up for W=1 to stable kernels,
  to allow stable kernels to build cleanly
- backport the patches that address any other gcc-7 warnings, as
  well as those that are not obvious false-positives to stable kernels
- In 4.14+, use my version above and address all int-in-bool-context
  and format-overflow warnings, but only use -Wformat-truncation
  with make W=1.

Any other suggestions?

        Arnd

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#1692544

On Thu, Jul 20, 2017 at 09:24:21AM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 11:50 PM,  <akpm@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
> > ------------------------------------------------------
> > From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
> > Subject: kbuild: disable -Wformat-truncation warnings by default
> >
> > With x86 allmodconfig, we currently get 233 -Wformat-truncation warnings,
> > which makes the entire warnings rather useless.
> >
> > This turns off the warning by default, unless we specify W=1 or higher
> >
> > Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170714120720.906842-2-arnd@arndb.de
> > Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
> > Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
> > ---
> >
> >  scripts/Makefile.extrawarn |    3 +++
> >  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff -puN scripts/Makefile.extrawarn~kbuild-disable-wformat-truncation-warnings-by-default scripts/Makefile.extrawarn
> > --- a/scripts/Makefile.extrawarn~kbuild-disable-wformat-truncation-warnings-by-default
> > +++ a/scripts/Makefile.extrawarn
> > @@ -67,5 +67,8 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warni
> >  KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning, sign-compare)
> >  KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning, format-zero-length)
> >  KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning, uninitialized)
> > +else
> > +# noisy gcc-7 warnings
> > +KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-Wformat-truncation=0)
> >  endif
> >  endif
> 
> Hi Andrew, Linus, Greg,
> 
> I noticed that Linus has made a similar patch in 4.13-rc1, commit bd664f6b3e37
> ("disable new gcc-7.1.1 warnings for now"), and it completely disables three
> warnings (format-truncation, format-overflow and int-in-bool-context).
> 
> Obviously there is no point in having both, so let's talk about what we
> want for 4.13, stable-backports and for future kernels, I'll then send those
> patches. Here is my first suggestion:
> 
> - enable all three warnings with "make W=1" in 4.13, but leave them
>   disabled by default.
> - backport Linus' patch, plus the follow-up for W=1 to stable kernels,
>   to allow stable kernels to build cleanly

I don't care which of these, I'll take whatever is in Linus's tree.
And I'll go backport that patch now as I'm getting annoyed by the
warnings at the moment...

> - backport the patches that address any other gcc-7 warnings, as
>   well as those that are not obvious false-positives to stable kernels

I'll do that as well, as I notice them go by.

> - In 4.14+, use my version above and address all int-in-bool-context
>   and format-overflow warnings, but only use -Wformat-truncation
>   with make W=1.

I don't really care about this, as long as we are not forced to do
"silly things" like some of the patches seemed to do :)

thanks,

greg k-h

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#1692781

On Thu, Jul 20, 2017 at 10:17 AM, gregkh <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 20, 2017 at 09:24:21AM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
>> On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 11:50 PM,  <akpm@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
>> > ------------------------------------------------------
>> > From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
>> > Subject: kbuild: disable -Wformat-truncation warnings by default
>> >
>> > With x86 allmodconfig, we currently get 233 -Wformat-truncation warnings,
>> > which makes the entire warnings rather useless.
>> >
>> > This turns off the warning by default, unless we specify W=1 or higher
>> >
>> > Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170714120720.906842-2-arnd@arndb.de
>> > Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
>> > Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
>> > ---
>> >
>> >  scripts/Makefile.extrawarn |    3 +++
>> >  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>> >
>> > diff -puN scripts/Makefile.extrawarn~kbuild-disable-wformat-truncation-warnings-by-default scripts/Makefile.extrawarn
>> > --- a/scripts/Makefile.extrawarn~kbuild-disable-wformat-truncation-warnings-by-default
>> > +++ a/scripts/Makefile.extrawarn
>> > @@ -67,5 +67,8 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warni
>> >  KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning, sign-compare)
>> >  KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning, format-zero-length)
>> >  KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning, uninitialized)
>> > +else
>> > +# noisy gcc-7 warnings
>> > +KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-Wformat-truncation=0)
>> >  endif
>> >  endif
>>
>> Hi Andrew, Linus, Greg,
>>
>> I noticed that Linus has made a similar patch in 4.13-rc1, commit bd664f6b3e37
>> ("disable new gcc-7.1.1 warnings for now"), and it completely disables three
>> warnings (format-truncation, format-overflow and int-in-bool-context).
>>
>> Obviously there is no point in having both, so let's talk about what we
>> want for 4.13, stable-backports and for future kernels, I'll then send those
>> patches. Here is my first suggestion:
>>
>> - enable all three warnings with "make W=1" in 4.13, but leave them
>>   disabled by default.
>> - backport Linus' patch, plus the follow-up for W=1 to stable kernels,
>>   to allow stable kernels to build cleanly
>
> I don't care which of these, I'll take whatever is in Linus's tree.
>
> And I'll go backport that patch now as I'm getting annoyed by the
> warnings at the moment...

Yes, that's what I meant here, the follow-up obviously has to
be agreed on before that can be backported. Let me know what other
warnings you see on the stable kernels after backporting the
bd664f6b3e37 patch, I can help identify the fixes that went into
mainline to address those if you want.

>> - backport the patches that address any other gcc-7 warnings, as
>>   well as those that are not obvious false-positives to stable kernels
>
> I'll do that as well, as I notice them go by.
>
>> - In 4.14+, use my version above and address all int-in-bool-context
>>   and format-overflow warnings, but only use -Wformat-truncation
>>   with make W=1.
>
> I don't really care about this, as long as we are not forced to do
> "silly things" like some of the patches seemed to do :)

Sure, I understand that from the previous feedback, and for a couple
of patches I found better workarounds (that improve the code
while fixing the warning, rather than adding hacks). I also
reported two of them in gcc bugzilla already, one was decided
to be invalid:

https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=81484

the other one looks valid, but possibly hard to fix:

https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=81483

When I go through the remaining patches again, I'll have a
look at what others might be incorrect warnings that should
be fixed in gcc, or which ones can be fixed in a better way.
I just wanted to first make sure that there is no fundamental
objections to enabling the warnings in future kernels (at
whichever W= level) at all.

       Arnd

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