linux-kernel - [GIT PULL] Enable -Wcast-function-type for 5.17-rc1

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Message-ID: <20220111193855.GA13612@embeddedor>
Date:   Tue, 11 Jan 2022 13:38:55 -0600
From:   "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>
Subject: [GIT PULL] Enable -Wcast-function-type for 5.17-rc1

The following changes since commit fa55b7dcdc43c1aa1ba12bca9d2dd4318c2a0dbf:

  Linux 5.16-rc1 (2021-11-14 13:56:52 -0800)

are available in the Git repository at:

  git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gustavoars/linux.git tags/Wcast-function-type-5.17-rc1

for you to fetch changes up to 552a23a0e5d0a84cecd4687043d8030673981d30:

  Makefile: Enable -Wcast-function-type (2021-11-15 13:45:12 -0600)

----------------------------------------------------------------
Enable -Wcast-function-type

Hi Linus,

Please, pull the following patch that globally enables
-Wcast-function-type.

We need to make sure new function cast mismatches are not
introduced in the kernel in order to avoid tripping CFI
checking.

Thanks!
--
Gustavo

----------------------------------------------------------------
Gustavo A. R. Silva (1):
      Makefile: Enable -Wcast-function-type

 Makefile | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)