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 * ``-Wthread-safety``:  Umbrella flag which turns on the following three:
 
-  + ``-Wthread-safety-attributes``: Sanity checks on attribute syntax.
+  + ``-Wthread-safety-attributes``: Validation checks on attribute syntax.
   + ``-Wthread-safety-analysis``: The core analysis.
   + ``-Wthread-safety-precise``: Requires that mutex expressions match precisely.
        This warning can be disabled for code which has a lot of aliases.