unused-variable warning is getting disabled with clang

From: Sodagudi Prasad
Date: Wed Dec 06 2017 - 16:24:58 EST



Hi All,

When kernel compiled with clang, following line is disabling the unused-variable warning. This is not the case with gcc.
KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning, unused-variable)

Are there any specific reasons for disabling unused-variable with clang?

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