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List:       linux-kbuild
Subject:    Re: [PATCH v2 0/1] kbuild: upgrade the orphan section warning to an error if CONFIG_WERROR is set
From:       Kees Cook <keescook () chromium ! org>
Date:       2022-10-28 21:23:21
Message-ID: 166699219839.2165587.10773311882818616441.b4-ty () chromium ! org
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On Tue, 25 Oct 2022 00:30:22 -0700, Xin Li wrote:
> Andrew Cooper suggested upgrading the orphan section warning to a hard link
> error. However Nathan Chancellor said outright turning the warning into an
> error with no escape hatch might be too aggressive, as we have had these
> warnings triggered by new compiler generated sections, and suggested turning
> orphan sections into an error only if CONFIG_WERROR is set. Kees Cook echoed
> and emphasized that the mandate from Linus is that we should avoid breaking
> builds. It wrecks bisection, it causes problems across compiler versions, etc.
> 
> [...]

Applied to for-next/hardening, thanks!

[1/1] kbuild: upgrade the orphan section warning to an error if CONFIG_WERROR is set
      https://git.kernel.org/kees/c/450301ceb4e6

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Kees Cook

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