Re: [PATCH] Revert "Enable '-Werror' by default for all kernel builds"

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Revert "Enable '-Werror' by default for all kernel builds"
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2021 15:18:14 -0700
Cc: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx>, llvm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, LSM List <linux-security-module@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, linux-toolchains@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>, Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx>, Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx>, Nathan Chancellor <nathan@xxxxxxxxxx>, Michal Marek <michal.lkml@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Vipin Sharma <vipinsh@xxxxxxxxxx>, Chris Down <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Rasmus Villemoes <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Daniel Borkmann <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>, Linux Kbuild mailing list <linux-kbuild@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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On Tue, Sep 7, 2021 at 3:14 PM Marco Elver <elver@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
>  config WERROR
>         bool "Compile the kernel with warnings as errors"
> -       default y
> +       default COMPILE_TEST

That seems reasonable. It very much is about build-testing.

              Linus

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