Re: clang warning: implicit conversion in intel_ddi.c:1481

[Knut Omang]

On Fri, 2018-02-02 at 12:44 +0200, Jani Nikula wrote:
> +Knut, Fengguang
> 
> On Fri, 02 Feb 2018, Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > 	- If clang now builds the kernel "cleanly", yes, I want to take
> > 	  warning fixes in the stable tree.  And even better yet, if you
> > 	  keep working to ensure the tree is "clean", that would be
> > 	  wonderful.
> 
> So we can run sparse using 'make C=1' and friends, or other static
> analysis tools using 'make CHECK=foo C=1', as long as the passed command
> line params work. There was work by Knut to extend this make checker
> stuff [1]. Since mixing different HOSTCC's in a single workdir seems
> like a bad idea, I wonder how hard it would be to make clang work like
> this:
> 
> $ make CHECK=clang C=1
> 
> Or using Knut's wrapper. Feels like that could increase the use of clang
> for static analysis of patches.

Yes, definitely a natural addition to the set of tools supported by
runchecks to also support using alternate compiler(s) as "checkers" - I guess
the same would apply for people compiling with clang - that they don't accidentally
generate warnings with gcc..

Thanks,
Knut

> BR,
> Jani.
> 
> 
> [1] http://mid.mail-archive.com/cover.5b56d020b8e826a7da33b1823c059acd0c123f8b.151507278
> 2.git-series.knut.omang@xxxxxxxxxx
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