From: "Thomas Weißschuh" <linux@weissschuh.net>
To: "Nathan Chancellor" <nathan@kernel.org>,
"Nicolas Schier" <nsc@kernel.org>,
"Thomas Weißschuh" <thomas.weissschuh@linutronix.de>,
"Miguel Ojeda" <ojeda@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
"Thomas Weißschuh" <linux@weissschuh.net>
Subject: [PATCH] kbuild: Never respect CONFIG_WERROR / W=e to fixdep
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2026 17:10:27 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260422-kbuild-scripts-basic-werror-v1-1-8c6912ff22e0@weissschuh.net> (raw)
The fixdep hostprog may be built multiple times during a single build.
Once during the configuration phase and later during the regular phase.
As only the regular build phase respects CONFIG_WERROR / W=e, the
compiler flags might change between the phases, leading to rebuilds.
Example, the rebuilds will happen twice on each invocation of the build:
$ make allyesconfig prepare
make[1]: Entering directory '/tmp/deleteme'
HOSTCC scripts/basic/fixdep
#
# No change to .config
#
HOSTCC scripts/basic/fixdep
DESCEND objtool
INSTALL libsubcmd_headers
make[1]: Leaving directory '/tmp/deleteme'
Fix the compilation flags used for scripts/basic/ before
scripts/Makefile.warn is evaluated to stop CONFIG_WERROR / W=e
influencing the fixdep build to avoid the spurious rebuilds.
Fixes: 7ded7d37e5f5 ("scripts/Makefile.extrawarn: Respect CONFIG_WERROR / W=e for hostprogs")
Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@weissschuh.net>
---
Makefile | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 54e1ae602000..6c8a1b2e7c8a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -657,6 +657,8 @@ export RCS_FIND_IGNORE := \( -name SCCS -o -name BitKeeper -o -name .svn -o \
# Basic helpers built in scripts/basic/
PHONY += scripts_basic
+scripts_basic: KBUILD_HOSTCFLAGS := $(KBUILD_HOSTCFLAGS)
+scripts_basic: KBUILD_HOSTLDFLAGS := $(KBUILD_HOSTLDFLAGS)
scripts_basic:
$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=scripts/basic
---
base-commit: 6596a02b207886e9e00bb0161c7fd59fea53c081
change-id: 20260422-kbuild-scripts-basic-werror-f8f7bfc39cfc
Best regards,
--
Thomas Weißschuh <linux@weissschuh.net>
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