Linux Kernel Working Towards GNU11/C11 Compatibility

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Linux Kernel Working Towards GNU11/C11 Compatibility

For now it looks like the Linux kernel is going to explicitly declare itself as using the GNU89 dialect of the C89 standard but over time the code is being made to compile under C11...

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTgxODI

[mufasa72]

Doesn't the kernel rely on non-standard GCC behavior like VLAIS? Does using -std=gnu89 not force the strict standard, but with these non-standard compiler extensions as well?

[Creak]

Doesn't the kernel rely on non-standard GCC behavior like VLAIS? Does using -std=gnu89 not force the strict standard, but with these non-standard compiler extensions as well?

I think you have to add -pedantic to have warnings about non-standard extensions.

http://linux.die.net/man/1/gcc

[nanonyme]

I think you have to add -pedantic to have warnings about non-standard extensions.
http://linux.die.net/man/1/gcc

The entire point of there being --std=c89 and --std=gnu89 is that latter does not enforce standards-compatibility