Re: [tip: core/objtool] objtool: Fail the kernel build on fatal errors

[Josh Poimboeuf]

On Tue, Feb 11, 2020 at 12:47:38PM -0000, tip-bot2 for Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> The following commit has been merged into the core/objtool branch of tip:
> 
> Commit-ID:     644592d328370af4b3e027b7b1ae9f81613782d8
> Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/644592d328370af4b3e027b7b1ae9f81613782d8
> Author:        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx>
> AuthorDate:    Mon, 10 Feb 2020 12:32:38 -06:00
> Committer:     Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>
> CommitterDate: Tue, 11 Feb 2020 13:27:03 +01:00
> 
> objtool: Fail the kernel build on fatal errors
> 
> When objtool encounters a fatal error, it usually means the binary is
> corrupt or otherwise broken in some way.  Up until now, such errors were
> just treated as warnings which didn't fail the kernel build.
> 
> However, objtool is now stable enough that if a fatal error is
> discovered, it most likely means something is seriously wrong and it
> should fail the kernel build.
> 
> Note that this doesn't apply to "normal" objtool warnings; only fatal
> ones.

Clang still has some toolchain issues which need to be sorted out, so
upgrading the fatal errors is causing their CI to fail.

So I think we need to drop this one for now.

Boris, are you able to just drop it or should I send a revert?

-- 
Josh