On Fri, Apr 8, 2022 at 4:06 AM Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Apr 8, 2022 at 5:46 PM Yann Droneaud <ydroneaud@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > When developing new code/feature, CONFIG_WERROR is most
> > often turned off, especially for people using make W=12 to
> > get more warnings.
> >
> > In such case, turning on -Werror temporarily would require
> > switching on CONFIG_WERROR in the configuration, building,
> > then switching off CONFIG_WERROR.
> >
> > For this use case, this patch introduces a new 'e' modifier
> > to W= as a short hand for KCFLAGS+=-Werror" so that -Werror
> > got added to the kernel (built-in) and modules' CFLAGS.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Yann Droneaud <ydroneaud@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > Makefile | 1 +
> > scripts/Makefile.extrawarn | 13 +++++++++++--
> > 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > Changes since v0[0]:
> >
> > - rebase on top of commit 64a91907c896 ("kbuild: refactor scripts/Makefile.extrawarn")
> > - document use case after commit 3fe617ccafd6 ("Enable '-Werror' by default for all kernel builds")
> >
> > [0] https://lore.kernel.org/all/1422803720-14723-1-git-send-email-ydroneaud@xxxxxxxxxx/
>
>
> I remembered the previous submission, I liked it, but I had lost it.
>
> It seems already 7 years ago, (before I became the Kbuild maintainer).
> Thanks for coming back to this.
>
>
> I like this, but I will wait some time for review comments.
Dunno, this seems pretty simple:
$ ./scripts/config -e WERROR
$ make ... W=12
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Thanks,
~Nick Desaulniers
