[PATCH 26/59] stdio: Fix -Wtautological-constant-out-of-range-compare on clang
Collin Funk
collin.funk1@gmail.com
Mon Oct 20 19:16:19 GMT 2025
Adhemerval Zanella Netto <adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org> writes:
>>> - if (spec <= UCHAR_MAX
>>> +# ifdef COMPILE_WPRINTF
>>> +# define CHECK_SPEC(spec) ((spec) <= UCHAR_MAX)
>>> +# else
>>> +# define CHECK_SPEC(spec) (true)
>>> +# endif
>>> + if (CHECK_SPEC (spec)
>>> && __printf_function_table != NULL
>>> && __printf_function_table[(size_t) spec] != NULL)
>>> {
>>
>> Can we just disable this warning? Anecdotally, it is only triggered in
>> Gnulib in code that is needed for portability. I can't recall a time
>> where I found it useful.
>
> I think we can, but we only disable some specific warnings for testing
> (like stack protector or fortify sources), and I have added for some warnings
> that are not supported by clang (like -Wno-ignored-attributes).
>
> But I think we should try to cope with the compiler defaults from -Wall instead
> of messing with warning specifically. The managements of what enable/disable
> becomes quite complex with different gcc version and possible now with different
> clang version as well.
Sure, makes sense. Your patch is fine with me then.
Reviewed-by: Collin Funk <collin.funk1@gmail.com>
Thanks,
Collin
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