From: Andrew Morton 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 --- Documentation/SubmitChecklist | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff -puN Documentation/SubmitChecklist~submitchecklist-update Documentation/SubmitChecklist --- a/Documentation/SubmitChecklist~submitchecklist-update +++ a/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". _