Add a Kconfig option to cause modpost to report warnings as errors. This is a simplistic implementation in that modpost only reports the first warning as an error and subsequent unreported warnings that will kill the build may still exist. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Toppins <jtoppins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- lib/Kconfig.debug | 14 ++++++++++++++ scripts/mod/modpost.c | 5 +++++ 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+) diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug index 0b288db..c419138 100644 --- a/lib/Kconfig.debug +++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug @@ -361,6 +361,20 @@ config DEBUG_FORCE_CC_WARNINGS_TO_ERRORS . If unsure say y. +config DEBUG_FORCE_MODPOST_WARNINGS_TO_ERRORS + bool "Force modpost warnings to errors" + default n + help + Force warnings generated by modpost to be reported as errors. + . + Another build time setting to encourage some action be taken by + the developer to fix the problem. Since there is not an easy + suppression mechanism for things that are reported as warnings + but are determined to be acceptable the default is to not enable + this option. + . + If unsure say n. + endmenu # "Compiler options" config MAGIC_SYSRQ diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c index d439856..d430eb6 100644 --- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c +++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c @@ -70,6 +70,11 @@ PRINTF void warn(const char *fmt, ...) va_start(arglist, fmt); vfprintf(stderr, fmt, arglist); va_end(arglist); + +#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FORCE_MODPOST_WARNINGS_TO_ERRORS + fprintf(stderr, "modpost: warnings treated as errors.\n"); + exit(1); +#endif } PRINTF void merror(const char *fmt, ...) -- 1.7.10.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kbuild" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
