Re: [2.6 patch] add -Werror-implicit-function-declaration to CFLAGS

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On Thu, Jul 06, 2006 at 06:37:28PM +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote:
 > Currently, using an undeclared function gives a compile warning, but it 
 > can lead to a nasty to debug runtime stack corruptions if the prototype 
 > of the function is different from what gcc guessed.
 > 
 > With -Werror-implicit-function-declaration we are getting an immediate
 > compile error instead.
 > 
 > Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <[email protected]>

I've been carrying pretty much the same patch in Fedora for months,
and making sure it still builds across x86/x86-64/s390/ia64/ppc32/ppc64.
It saves a lot of time when you're building a large heavily modular kernel.
(like that from a distro config say)

Signed-off-by: Dave Jones <[email protected]>

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