--- /dev/null
+From 217c3e0196758662aa0429863b09d1c13da1c5d6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
+Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2018 07:47:28 +1000
+Subject: disable stringop truncation warnings for now
+
+From: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
+
+commit 217c3e0196758662aa0429863b09d1c13da1c5d6 upstream.
+
+They are too noisy
+
+Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
+Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
+Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
+
+---
+ Makefile | 3 +++
+ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
+
+--- a/Makefile
++++ b/Makefile
+@@ -803,6 +803,9 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-Wdecl
+ # disable pointer signed / unsigned warnings in gcc 4.0
+ KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning, pointer-sign)
+
++# disable stringop warnings in gcc 8+
++KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning, stringop-truncation)
++
+ # disable invalid "can't wrap" optimizations for signed / pointers
+ KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-fno-strict-overflow)
+