linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86/defconfig: Enable WERROR

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Message-ID: <YjtaA4okddAYmie6@zn.tnic>
Date:   Wed, 23 Mar 2022 18:33:55 +0100
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>,
        Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/defconfig: Enable WERROR

On Wed, Mar 23, 2022 at 10:19:39AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> Ack. I'm actually surprised people use "defconfig". It's kind of
> pointless and unreal on x86 where there is no realistic "default". I'm
> sorry it exists at all.

Yeah, it has been there since forever and peterz and mingo use it from
time to time, AFAIK. Also, I know people start from a defconfig and add
additional stuff they need.

Oh, and it is part of the smoke build-tests we're doing so...

> But since people clearly use it - presumably for testing - I very much
> think it should have WERROR on.

Yeah, I am aiming for a "this should be always enabled in your config
so you could use this defconfig as a start"-thing, in the hope that
WERROR=y would proliferate then.

Thx.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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