When building a Linux kernel the new default of having
-Wunused-but-set-variable is incredibly noisy in kernel build. I get hundreds
of new warnings from that.

I looked at some of the circumstances and it's typically

int var = VALUE;

#ifdef SYMBOL
if (do something)
  var = other value
#endif

with SYMBOL being undefined in this build.

I don't think it's feasible to avoid the warning short of turning it off.
I suspect other code bases will have the same problem.
Can the warning be removed from -Wall please?


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           Summary: -Wunused- but-set-variable is incredible noisy in kernel
                    builds
           Product: gcc
           Version: 4.6.0
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P3
         Component: c
        AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org
        ReportedBy: andi-gcc at firstfloor dot org
  GCC host triplet: x86_64-linux
GCC target triplet: x86_64-linux


http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=44478

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