linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] KVM: deprecate KVM_WERROR in favor of general WERROR

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Mon, 9 Oct 2023 10:18:19 -0700
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc:     pbonzini@...hat.com, seanjc@...gle.com, workflows@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] KVM: deprecate KVM_WERROR in favor of general WERROR

On Fri, Oct 06, 2023 at 01:54:15PM -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> Setting WERROR for random subsystems make life really hard
> for subsystems which want to build-test their stuff with W=1.
> WERROR for the entire kernel now exists and can be used
> instead. W=1 people probably know how to deal with the global
> W=1 already, tracking all per-subsystem WERRORs is too much...
> 
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/0da9874b6e9fcbaaa5edeb345d7e2a7c859fc818.1696271334.git.thomas.lendacky@amd.com/
> Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>

Yeah, best to have just the global option.

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>

-- 
Kees Cook