Re: [PATCHv1] kbuild: support W=e to make build abort in case of warning

[Nicolas Schier]

På lø. 09. april 2022 kl. 10.47 +0000 skrev Masahiro Yamada:
> On Sat, Apr 9, 2022 at 5:36 AM Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > On 4/8/22 13:29, Nick Desaulniers wrote:
> > > 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
> >
> > Yeah, that's about what I was thinking too..
> 
> 
> 
> But, you cannot change the .config
> when you build external modules.
> 
> "make W=e" might be useful for people who strive to
> keep their downstream modules warning-free.
> 
> 
> W=e is the same pattern.
> I do not see much downside.

If I set CONFIG_WERROR=y on the make command line, I could have the 
same result, don't I?

  make CONFIG_WERROR=1 ...

no matter if in-tree or for external kernel modules.

Kind regards,
Nicolas