[RFC PATCH RESEND v4 1/4] objtool: allow nested externs to enable BUILD_BUG()

From: Vasily Gorbik
Date: Mon Oct 05 2020 - 11:51:05 EST


Currently BUILD_BUG() macro is expanded to smth like the following:
do {
extern void __compiletime_assert_0(void)
__attribute__((error("BUILD_BUG failed")));
if (!(!(1)))
__compiletime_assert_0();
} while (0);

If used in a function body this obviously would produce build errors
with -Wnested-externs and -Werror.

Build objtool with -Wno-nested-externs to enable BUILD_BUG() usage.

Signed-off-by: Vasily Gorbik <gor@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/objtool/Makefile | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/objtool/Makefile b/tools/objtool/Makefile
index 33d1e3ca8efd..4ea9a833dde7 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/Makefile
+++ b/tools/objtool/Makefile
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ INCLUDES := -I$(srctree)/tools/include \
-I$(srctree)/tools/arch/$(HOSTARCH)/include/uapi \
-I$(srctree)/tools/arch/$(SRCARCH)/include \
-I$(srctree)/tools/objtool/arch/$(SRCARCH)/include
-WARNINGS := $(EXTRA_WARNINGS) -Wno-switch-default -Wno-switch-enum -Wno-packed
+WARNINGS := $(EXTRA_WARNINGS) -Wno-switch-default -Wno-switch-enum -Wno-packed -Wno-nested-externs
CFLAGS := -Werror $(WARNINGS) $(KBUILD_HOSTCFLAGS) -g $(INCLUDES) $(LIBELF_FLAGS)
LDFLAGS += $(LIBELF_LIBS) $(LIBSUBCMD) $(KBUILD_HOSTLDFLAGS)

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