From a517b9f9fe8e57437b0b9b50e279220aaf651268 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andrew Morton Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 20:40:36 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] [PATCH] SubmitChecklist update Sing the praises of `gcc -W'. Would have prevented that blockdev direct-IO bug. Cc: "Chen, Kenneth W" Cc: "Randy.Dunlap" Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- Documentation/SubmitChecklist | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/SubmitChecklist b/Documentation/SubmitChecklist index 2270efa101..bfbb2718a2 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmitChecklist +++ b/Documentation/SubmitChecklist @@ -72,3 +72,7 @@ kernel patches. If the new code is substantial, addition of subsystem-specific fault injection might be appropriate. + +22: Newly-added code has been compiled with `gcc -W'. This will generate + lots of noise, but is good for finding bugs like "warning: comparison + between signed and unsigned". -- 2.39.5