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-rw-r--r--Documentation/dev-tools/sparse.rst14
-rw-r--r--Documentation/translations/zh_CN/sparse.txt7
2 files changed, 2 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/sparse.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/sparse.rst
index 8c250e8a2105..78aa00a604a0 100644
--- a/Documentation/dev-tools/sparse.rst
+++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/sparse.rst
@@ -51,13 +51,6 @@ sure that bitwise types don't get mixed up (little-endian vs big-endian
vs cpu-endian vs whatever), and there the constant "0" really _is_
special.
-__bitwise__ - to be used for relatively compact stuff (gfp_t, etc.) that
-is mostly warning-free and is supposed to stay that way. Warnings will
-be generated without __CHECK_ENDIAN__.
-
-__bitwise - noisy stuff; in particular, __le*/__be* are that. We really
-don't want to drown in noise unless we'd explicitly asked for it.
-
Using sparse for lock checking
------------------------------
@@ -109,9 +102,4 @@ be recompiled or not. The latter is a fast way to check the whole tree if you
have already built it.
The optional make variable CF can be used to pass arguments to sparse. The
-build system passes -Wbitwise to sparse automatically. To perform endianness
-checks, you may define __CHECK_ENDIAN__::
-
- make C=2 CF="-D__CHECK_ENDIAN__"
-
-These checks are disabled by default as they generate a host of warnings.
+build system passes -Wbitwise to sparse automatically.
diff --git a/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/sparse.txt b/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/sparse.txt
index cc144e581515..e41dc940e162 100644
--- a/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/sparse.txt
+++ b/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/sparse.txt
@@ -92,9 +92,4 @@ DaveJ 把每小时自动生成的 git 源码树 tar 包放在以下地址:
如果你已经编译了内核,用后一种方式可以很快地检查整个源码树。
make 的可选变量 CHECKFLAGS 可以用来向 sparse 工具传递参数。编译系统会自
-动向 sparse 工具传递 -Wbitwise 参数。你可以定义 __CHECK_ENDIAN__ 来进行
-大小尾检查。
-
- make C=2 CHECKFLAGS="-D__CHECK_ENDIAN__"
-
-这些检查默认都是被关闭的,因为他们通常会产生大量的警告。
+动向 sparse 工具传递 -Wbitwise 参数。