Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] objtool: Make objtool check actually fatal upon fatal errors

[Josh Poimboeuf]

On Tue, Jan 09, 2024 at 07:48:30PM +0000, Dimitri John Ledkov wrote:
> > Note the latter may be problematic at the moment due to some outstanding
> > warnings reported by Arnd and randconfig build bots.  I try to fix those
> > when I can, but any help would be appreciated.
> 
> I guess we can override CONFIG_WERROR during dkms compilations, but
> then i still want to ensofrce OBJTOOL errors.
> 
> How abou introducing CONFIG_WERROR_OBJTOOL and make CONFIG_WERROR
> select CONFIG_WERROR_OBJTOOL? such that distributions can start to opt
> into CONFIG_WERROR_OBJTOOL for production builds, even if they cannot
> yet make the jump to CONFIG_WERROR?

Seems reasonable.

Though, keep in mind that even compiler warnings can cause boot failures
and security bugs.  So I wouldn't recommend sleeping at night unless
your distro also has CONFIG_WERROR=y.

-- 
Josh