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From: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
To: Stephen Brennan <stephen.s.brennan@oracle.com>
Cc: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>,
	llvm@lists.linux.dev, oe-kbuild-all@lists.linux.dev,
	"Masami Hiramatsu (Google)" <mhiramat@kernel.org>,
	"Steven Rostedt (Google)" <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Subject: Re: [trace:probes/for-next 17/17] kernel/kprobes.c:1141:24: error: a function declaration without a prototype is deprecated in all versions of C
Date: Fri, 17 May 2024 09:40:28 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20240517164028.GA3695607@thelio-3990X> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87eda1pjl4.fsf@oracle.com>

Hi Stephen,

On Thu, May 16, 2024 at 01:50:31PM -0700, Stephen Brennan wrote:
> kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com> writes:
> >>> kernel/kprobes.c:1141:24: error: a function declaration without a prototype is deprecated in all versions of C [-Werror,-Wstrict-prototypes]
> >     1141 | void kprobe_ftrace_kill()
> >          |                        ^
> >          |                         void
> >    5 warnings and 1 error generated.
...
> I'm guessing that what's happening here is that Clang is categorizing
> the old-style declaration as a different function for which there was no
> prior declaration. When I add the "void" here, the clang error goes
> away.

I believe you are right.

> In any case, the warning is right, and I should have used the correct
> declaration here. The below patch will shut this up. If there's any
> possibility of improving the error message clang gives us here, it would
> be appreciated though.

I think Aaron Ballman, one of the clang code owners, commented on this
exact situation recently, in the larger context of addressing some of
the wording issues with this warning if I am understanding that issue
correctly:
https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/issues/90596#issuecomment-2096081580

Cheers,
Nathan

  reply	other threads:[~2024-05-17 16:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-05-16 19:15 [trace:probes/for-next 17/17] kernel/kprobes.c:1141:24: error: a function declaration without a prototype is deprecated in all versions of C kernel test robot
2024-05-16 20:50 ` Stephen Brennan
2024-05-17 16:40   ` Nathan Chancellor [this message]
2024-05-18 14:50   ` Masami Hiramatsu

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