linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 2/5] kbuild: uapi: fail header test on compiler warnings

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Message-Id: <20250813-kbuild-hdrtest-fixes-v2-2-8a7921ca3a03@linutronix.de>
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2025 08:16:57 +0200
From: Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@...utronix.de>
To: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>, 
 Nicolas Schier <nicolas.schier@...ux.dev>
Cc: linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
 Nicolas Schier <nsc@...nel.org>, 
 Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@...utronix.de>
Subject: [PATCH v2 2/5] kbuild: uapi: fail header test on compiler warnings

Compiler warnings also indicate issues with the headers.

Make sure they don't go unnoticed.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@...utronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Nicolas Schier <nsc@...nel.org>
---
 usr/include/Makefile | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/usr/include/Makefile b/usr/include/Makefile
index c7f164952b33acf6c7b8eb7ce91cd192bfc39ad2..61a7dd4fc05f004d785c64c0019ad846c84719d5 100644
--- a/usr/include/Makefile
+++ b/usr/include/Makefile
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ always-y := $(patsubst $(obj)/%.h,%.hdrtest, $(shell find $(obj) -name '*.h' 2>/
 # Include the header twice to detect missing include guard.
 quiet_cmd_hdrtest = HDRTEST $<
       cmd_hdrtest = \
-		$(CC) $(c_flags) -fsyntax-only -x c /dev/null \
+		$(CC) $(c_flags) -fsyntax-only -Werror -x c /dev/null \
 			$(if $(filter-out $(no-header-test), $*.h), -include $< -include $<); \
 		$(PERL) $(src)/headers_check.pl $(obj) $<; \
 		touch $@

-- 
2.50.1