linux-hardening - [PATCH][next] Makefile: Enable -Wstringop-overflow globally

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Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2023 21:27:05 -0600
From: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>
To: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
	Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>,
	Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
	Nicolas Schier <nicolas@...sle.eu>
Cc: linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>,
	linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH][next] Makefile: Enable -Wstringop-overflow globally

It seems that we have finished addressing all the remaining
issues regarding compiler option -Wstringop-overflow. So, we
are now in good shape to enable this compiler option globally.

Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@...nel.org>
---
 Makefile                   | 3 +++
 scripts/Makefile.extrawarn | 2 --
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 690cde550acd..452b7d0e19e9 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -985,6 +985,9 @@ NOSTDINC_FLAGS += -nostdinc
 # perform bounds checking.
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option, -fstrict-flex-arrays=3)
 
+# We are now in good shape to enable this option.
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option, -Wstringop-overflow)
+
 # disable invalid "can't wrap" optimizations for signed / pointers
 KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= -fno-strict-overflow
 
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.extrawarn b/scripts/Makefile.extrawarn
index 2fe6f2828d37..1527199161d7 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.extrawarn
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.extrawarn
@@ -106,7 +106,6 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option, -Wunused-const-variable)
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option, -Wpacked-not-aligned)
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option, -Wformat-overflow)
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option, -Wformat-truncation)
-KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option, -Wstringop-overflow)
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option, -Wstringop-truncation)
 
 KBUILD_CPPFLAGS += -Wundef
@@ -122,7 +121,6 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning, restrict)
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning, packed-not-aligned)
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning, format-overflow)
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning, format-truncation)
-KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning, stringop-overflow)
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning, stringop-truncation)
 
 ifdef CONFIG_CC_IS_CLANG
-- 
2.34.1