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Re: [PATCH] fix some clang warnings

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Jan 16, 2013, 18:09 UTC
Message-ID
<20130116180929.GD27525@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To
<20130116180041.GC27525@sigill.intra.peff.net>
On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 10:00:42AM -0800, Jeff King wrote:
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> So opterror does not happen to generate any warnings, because we do not
> ever use it in a void context. It should probably be marked the same
> way, though, as future-proofing.
> [...]
> So a more accurate description would be:
Here it is all together:
-- >8 --
From: Max Horn <max@quendi.de>
Subject: [PATCH] fix clang -Wunused-value warnings for error functions

Commit a469a10 wraps some error calls in macros to give the compiler a chance to do more static analysis on their constant -1 return value. We limit the use of these macros to __GNUC__, since gcc is the primary beneficiary of the new information, and because we use GNU features for handling variadic macros.

However, clang also defines __GNUC__, but generates warnings with -Wunused-value when these macros are used in a void context, because the constant "-1" ends up being useless. Gcc does not complain about this case (though it is unclear if it is because it is smart enough to see what we are doing, or too dumb to realize that the -1 is unused). We can squelch the warning by just disabling these macros when clang is in use.

Signed-off-by: Max Horn <max@quendi.de>
Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
---
 cache.h           | 2 +-
 git-compat-util.h | 2 +-
 parse-options.h   | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index c257953..5c8440b 100644
--- a/cache.h
+++ b/cache.h
@@ -1148,7 +1148,7 @@ extern int config_error_nonbool(const char *);
 extern int git_env_bool(const char *, int);
 extern int git_config_system(void);
 extern int config_error_nonbool(const char *);
-#ifdef __GNUC__
+#if defined(__GNUC__) && ! defined(__clang__)
 #define config_error_nonbool(s) (config_error_nonbool(s), -1)
 #endif
 extern const char *get_log_output_encoding(void);
diff --git a/git-compat-util.h b/git-compat-util.h
index 2cecf56..2596280 100644
--- a/git-compat-util.h
+++ b/git-compat-util.h
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ extern void warning(const char *err, ...) __attribute__((format (printf, 1, 2)))
  * behavior. But since we're only trying to help gcc, anyway, it's OK; other
  * compilers will fall back to using the function as usual.
  */
-#ifdef __GNUC__
+#if defined(__GNUC__) && ! defined(__clang__)
 #define error(fmt, ...) (error((fmt), ##__VA_ARGS__), -1)
 #endif
 
diff --git a/parse-options.h b/parse-options.h
index e703853..1c8bd8d 100644
--- a/parse-options.h
+++ b/parse-options.h
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ extern int opterror(const struct option *opt, const char *reason, int flags);
 
 extern int optbug(const struct option *opt, const char *reason);
 extern int opterror(const struct option *opt, const char *reason, int flags);
-#ifdef __GNUC__
+#if defined(__GNUC__) && ! defined(clang)
 #define opterror(o,r,f) (opterror((o),(r),(f)), -1)
 #endif
 
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1.8.1.rc1.10.g7d71f7b
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Message 9 of 35 in “fix some clang warnings”
  1. fix some clang warningsMax Horn, Jan 16, 2013
  2. Jeff KingJan 16, 2013
  3. Junio C HamanoJan 16, 2013
  4. Antoine PelisseJan 16, 2013
  5. John KeepingJan 16, 2013
  6. Max HornJan 16, 2013
  7. Jeff KingJan 16, 2013
  8. Jeff KingJan 16, 2013
  9. Jeff KingJan 16, 2013
  10. John KeepingJan 16, 2013
  11. Jeff KingJan 16, 2013
  12. Antoine PelisseJan 16, 2013
  13. John KeepingJan 16, 2013
  14. Jeff KingJan 16, 2013
  15. John KeepingJan 16, 2013
  16. John KeepingJan 17, 2013
  17. 1/2 fix clang -Wconstant-conversion with bit fieldsAntoine Pelisse, Jan 16, 2013
  18. 2/2 fix clang -Wtautological-compare with unsigned enumAntoine Pelisse, Jan 16, 2013
  19. Antoine PelisseJan 16, 2013
  20. Antoine PelisseJan 17, 2013
  21. John KeepingJan 17, 2013
  22. combine-diff: suppress a clang warningJohn Keeping, Jan 17, 2013
  23. Linus TorvaldsJan 17, 2013
  24. Antoine PelisseJan 17, 2013
  25. John KeepingJan 17, 2013
  26. Phil HordJan 18, 2013
  27. Linus TorvaldsJan 18, 2013
  28. John KeepingJan 16, 2013
  29. Antoine PelisseJan 16, 2013
  30. Antoine PelisseJan 16, 2013
  31. Junio C HamanoJan 16, 2013
  32. Junio C HamanoJan 16, 2013
  33. Tomas CarneckyJan 16, 2013
  34. Matthieu MoyJan 16, 2013
  35. Miles BaderFeb 1, 2013

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