[PATCH] KVM: allow disabling -Werror

From: Paolo Bonzini
Date: Fri Feb 28 2020 - 04:56:10 EST


Restrict -Werror to well-tested configurations and allow disabling it
via Kconfig.

Reported-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kvm/Kconfig | 13 +++++++++++++
arch/x86/kvm/Makefile | 2 +-
2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/Kconfig b/arch/x86/kvm/Kconfig
index 991019d5eee1..1bb4927030af 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/Kconfig
@@ -59,6 +59,19 @@ config KVM

If unsure, say N.

+config KVM_WERROR
+ bool "Compile KVM with -Werror"
+ # KASAN may cause the build to fail due to larger frames
+ default y if X86_64 && !KASAN
+ # We use the dependency on !COMPILE_TEST to not be enabled
+ # blindly in allmodconfig or allyesconfig configurations
+ depends on (X86_64 && !KASAN) || !COMPILE_TEST
+ depends on EXPERT
+ help
+ Add -Werror to the build flags for (and only for) i915.ko.
+
+ If in doubt, say "N".
+
config KVM_INTEL
tristate "KVM for Intel (and compatible) processors support"
depends on KVM && IA32_FEAT_CTL
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/Makefile b/arch/x86/kvm/Makefile
index 4654e97a05cc..e553f0fdd87d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0

ccflags-y += -Iarch/x86/kvm
-ccflags-y += -Werror
+ccflags-$(CONFIG_KVM_WERROR) += -Werror

KVM := ../../../virt/kvm

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1.8.3.1