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authorMasahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>2021-02-21 18:25:24 +0300
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>2021-02-22 23:59:10 +0300
commit163ba35ff3714d7ccb57f7e4bc2bb44365c343a0 (patch)
treedf0a8647021045bbf7b5fd2d4abbc4cb4996ee5f /Documentation
parent93ea4a0b8fce5c6496e58a6392714469cef864db (diff)
downloadlinux-163ba35ff3714d7ccb57f7e4bc2bb44365c343a0.tar.xz
doc: use KCFLAGS instead of EXTRA_CFLAGS to pass flags from command line
You should use KCFLAGS to pass additional compiler flags from the command line. Using EXTRA_CFLAGS is wrong. EXTRA_CFLAGS is supposed to specify flags applied only to the current Makefile (and now deprecated in favor of ccflags-y). It is still used in arch/mips/kvm/Makefile (and possibly in external modules too). Passing EXTRA_CFLAGS from the command line overwrites it and breaks the build. I also fixed drivers/gpu/drm/tilcdc/Makefile because commit 816175dd1fd7 ("drivers/gpu/drm/tilcdc: Makefile, only -Werror when no -W* in EXTRA_CFLAGS") was based on the same misunderstanding. Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Alex Shi <alex.shi@linux.alibaba.com> Acked-by: Federico Vaga <federico.vaga@vaga.pv.it> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210221152524.197693-1-masahiroy@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/process/4.Coding.rst2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/translations/it_IT/process/4.Coding.rst2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/translations/it_IT/process/submit-checklist.rst2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/translations/zh_CN/process/4.Coding.rst2
5 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/process/4.Coding.rst b/Documentation/process/4.Coding.rst
index 0825dc496f22..1f0d81f44e14 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/4.Coding.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/4.Coding.rst
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ and try to avoid "fixes" which make the warning go away without addressing
its cause.
Note that not all compiler warnings are enabled by default. Build the
-kernel with "make EXTRA_CFLAGS=-W" to get the full set.
+kernel with "make KCFLAGS=-W" to get the full set.
The kernel provides several configuration options which turn on debugging
features; most of these are found in the "kernel hacking" submenu. Several
diff --git a/Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst b/Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst
index f709beaf02c9..b1bc2d37bd0a 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ and elsewhere regarding submitting Linux kernel patches.
injection might be appropriate.
20) Newly-added code has been compiled with ``gcc -W`` (use
- ``make EXTRA_CFLAGS=-W``). This will generate lots of noise, but is good
+ ``make KCFLAGS=-W``). This will generate lots of noise, but is good
for finding bugs like "warning: comparison between signed and unsigned".
21) Tested after it has been merged into the -mm patchset to make sure
diff --git a/Documentation/translations/it_IT/process/4.Coding.rst b/Documentation/translations/it_IT/process/4.Coding.rst
index a5e36aa60448..8012fe9497ae 100644
--- a/Documentation/translations/it_IT/process/4.Coding.rst
+++ b/Documentation/translations/it_IT/process/4.Coding.rst
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ e cercate di evitare le "riparazioni" che fan sparire l'avvertimento senza
però averne trovato la causa.
Tenete a mente che non tutti gli avvertimenti sono disabilitati di default.
-Costruite il kernel con "make EXTRA_CFLAGS=-W" per ottenerli tutti.
+Costruite il kernel con "make KCFLAGS=-W" per ottenerli tutti.
Il kernel fornisce differenti opzioni che abilitano funzionalità di debugging;
molti di queste sono trovano all'interno del sotto menu "kernel hacking".
diff --git a/Documentation/translations/it_IT/process/submit-checklist.rst b/Documentation/translations/it_IT/process/submit-checklist.rst
index 3e575502690f..614fc17d9086 100644
--- a/Documentation/translations/it_IT/process/submit-checklist.rst
+++ b/Documentation/translations/it_IT/process/submit-checklist.rst
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ sottomissione delle patch, in particolare
l'iniezione di fallimenti specifici per il sottosistema.
22) Il nuovo codice è stato compilato con ``gcc -W`` (usate
- ``make EXTRA_CFLAGS=-W``). Questo genererà molti avvisi, ma è ottimo
+ ``make KCFLAGS=-W``). Questo genererà molti avvisi, ma è ottimo
per scovare bachi come "warning: comparison between signed and unsigned".
23) La patch è stata verificata dopo essere stata inclusa nella serie di patch
diff --git a/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/process/4.Coding.rst b/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/process/4.Coding.rst
index 959a06ba025c..66cd8ee07606 100644
--- a/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/process/4.Coding.rst
+++ b/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/process/4.Coding.rst
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ Linus对这个问题给出了最佳答案:
通常,这些警告都指向真正的问题。提交以供审阅的代码通常不会产生任何编译器警告。
在消除警告时,注意了解真正的原因,并尽量避免“修复”,使警告消失而不解决其原因。
-请注意,并非所有编译器警告都默认启用。使用“make EXTRA_CFLAGS=-W”构建内核以
+请注意,并非所有编译器警告都默认启用。使用“make KCFLAGS=-W”构建内核以
获得完整集合。
内核提供了几个配置选项,可以打开调试功能;大多数配置选项位于“kernel hacking”