linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] objtool: Add option to fail build on vmlinux warnings

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Message-Id: <20241218160656.18cbdcbb93b0e0bcf28adf18@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 16:06:56 -0800
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To: Brendan Jackman <jackmanb@...gle.com>
Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org>, Peter Zijlstra
 <peterz@...radead.org>, Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>, Nathan
 Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>, Nicolas Schier <nicolas@...sle.eu>,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] objtool: Add option to fail build on vmlinux
 warnings

On Wed, 18 Dec 2024 14:58:54 +0000 Brendan Jackman <jackmanb@...gle.com> wrote:

> This adds an option to objtool to exit with an error when it enounters
> warnings.

Why is it optional?  Can we always fail the build so stuff gets fixed?