kbuild: Disable -Wunused-but-set-variable for gcc 4.6.0

Disable the new -Wunused-but-set-variable that was added in gcc 4.6.0 It produces more false positives than useful warnings. This can still be enabled using W=1 Signed-off-by: Dave Jones <[email protected]> Acked-by: Sam Ravnborg <[email protected]> Tested-by: Sam Ravnborg <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Michal Marek <[email protected]>
shanewfx · Apr 29, 2011 · af0e5d5 · af0e5d5
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diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
@@ -567,6 +567,10 @@ ifndef CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option, -fno-stack-protector)
 endif
 
+# This warning generated too much noise in a regular build.
+# Use make W=1 to enable this warning (see scripts/Makefile.build)
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option, -Wno-unused-but-set-variable)
+
 ifdef CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER
 KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fno-optimize-sibling-calls
 else

diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.build b/scripts/Makefile.build
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ warning-1 += -Wmissing-format-attribute
 warning-1 += -Wmissing-prototypes
 warning-1 += -Wold-style-definition
 warning-1 += $(call cc-option, -Wmissing-include-dirs)
+warning-1 += $(call cc-option, -Wunused-but-set-variable)
 
 warning-2 := -Waggregate-return
 warning-2 += -Wcast-align