kbuild: Add extra gcc checks

Add a 'W=1' Makefile switch which adds additional checking per build
object.

The idea behind this option is targeted at developers who, in the
process of writing their code, want to do the occasional

make W=1 [target.o]

and let gcc do more extensive code checking for them. Then, they
could eyeball the output for valid gcc warnings about various
bugs/discrepancies which are not reported during the normal build
process.

For more background information and a use case, read through this
thread: http://marc.info/?l=kernel-janitors&m=129802065918147&w=2

Cc: Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz>
Cc: linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org
Acked-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Signed-off-by: Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz>

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index abb49bf8596e..2b1e37da2bb5 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -102,6 +102,10 @@ ifeq ("$(origin O)", "command line")
   KBUILD_OUTPUT := $(O)
 endif
 
+ifeq ("$(origin W)", "command line")
+  export KBUILD_ENABLE_EXTRA_GCC_CHECKS := 1
+endif
+
 # That's our default target when none is given on the command line
 PHONY := _all
 _all:
@@ -1262,6 +1266,7 @@ help:
         @echo  '  make O=dir [targets] Locate all output files in "dir", including .config'
         @echo  '  make C=1   [targets] Check all c source with $$CHECK (sparse by default)'
         @echo  '  make C=2   [targets] Force check of all c source with $$CHECK'
+        @echo  '  make W=1   [targets] Enable extra gcc checks'
         @echo  ''
         @echo  'Execute "make" or "make all" to build all targets marked with [*] '
         @echo  'For further info see the ./README file'