linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] KVM: x86: Turn off KVM_WERROR by default for all configs

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Message-ID: <170137374226.619180.12045832358402230622.b4-ty@google.com>
Date:   Thu, 30 Nov 2023 17:52:14 -0800
From:   Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
To:     Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Cc:     kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] KVM: x86: Turn off KVM_WERROR by default for all configs

On Wed, 18 Oct 2023 08:19:06 -0700, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> Don't enable KVM_WERROR by default for x86-64 builds as KVM's one-off
> -Werror enabling is *mostly* superseded by the kernel-wide WERROR, and
> enabling KVM_WERROR by default can cause problems for developers working
> on other subsystems.  E.g. subsystems that have a "zero W=1 regressions"
> rule can inadvertently build KVM with -Werror and W=1, and end up with
> build failures that are completely uninteresting to the developer (W=1 is
> prone to false positives, especially on older compilers).
> 
> [...]

Applied to kvm-x86 misc, thanks!

[1/1] KVM: x86: Turn off KVM_WERROR by default for all configs
      https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/75bedc1ee90b

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