From: Segher Boessenkool <segher@kernel.crashing.org>
To: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] kbuild: Add '-fms-extensions' to areas with dedicated CFLAGS
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2025 07:44:26 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aQtUujos2ADVs-_O@gate> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251101-kbuild-ms-extensions-dedicated-cflags-v1-1-38004aba524b@kernel.org>
Hi!
On Sat, Nov 01, 2025 at 12:35:47PM -0400, Nathan Chancellor wrote:
> There are many places within the kernel that use their own CFLAGS
> instead of the main KBUILD_CFLAGS, meaning code written with the main
> kernel's use of '-fms-extensions' in mind that may be tangentially
> included in these areas will result in "error: declaration does not
> declare anything" messages from the compiler.
Please fix such non-standard code then, instead? The only (documented)
thing -fms-extensions does for C code is give meaning to something that
otherwise is a syntax error (and it is for a good reason!)
Segher
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-11-05 13:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-11-01 16:35 [PATCH] kbuild: Add '-fms-extensions' to areas with dedicated CFLAGS Nathan Chancellor
2025-11-01 16:55 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2025-11-05 12:56 ` Christian Brauner
2025-11-05 19:39 ` Nathan Chancellor
2025-11-06 17:47 ` Nathan Chancellor
2025-11-05 13:44 ` Segher Boessenkool [this message]
2025-11-05 20:15 ` Nathan Chancellor
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