[PATCH] Enable '-Werror' by default for all kernel builds

[Guenter Roeck]

On 9/8/21 10:58 PM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 08, 2021 at 11:58:56PM +0200, Marco Elver wrote:
>> It'd be good to avoid. It has helped uncover build issues with KASAN in
>> the past. Or at least make it dependent on the problematic architecture.
>> For example if arm is a problem, something like this:
> 
> I'm also seeing quite a few stack size warnings with KASAN on x86_64
> without COMPILT_TEST using gcc 10.2.1 from Debian.  In fact there are a
> few warnings without KASAN, but with KASAN there are a lot more.
> I'll try to find some time to dig into them.
> 
> While we're at it, with -Werror something like this is really futile:
> 
> drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_object.c: In function ‘amdgpu_bo_support_uswc’:
> drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_object.c:493:2: warning: #warning
> Please enable CONFIG_MTRR and CONFIG_X86_PAT for better performance thanks to write-combining [-Wcpp
>    493 | #warning Please enable CONFIG_MTRR and CONFIG_X86_PAT for better performance \
>        |  ^~~~~~~
> 

I have been wondering if all those #warning "errors" should either
be removed or be replaced with "#pragma message".

Guenter