On Wed, 9 Oct 2024 at 03:05, Eric Gallager <eg...@gwmail.gwu.edu> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Oct 8, 2024 at 6:25 AM Richard Sandiford
> <richard.sandif...@arm.com> wrote:
> >
> > Christophe Lyon <christophe.l...@linaro.org> writes:
> > > When --enable-werror is enabled when running the top-level configure,
> > > it passes --enable-werror-always to subdirs.  Some of them, like
> > > libgcc, ignore it.
> > >
> > > This patch adds support for it, enabled only for aarch64, to avoid
> > > breaking bootstrap for other targets.
> > >
> > > The patch also adds -Wno-prio-ctor-dtor to avoid a warning when compiling 
> > > lse_init.c
> > >
> > >       libgcc/
> > >       * Makefile.in (WERROR): New.
> > >       * config/aarch64/t-aarch64: Handle WERROR. Always use
> > >       -Wno-prio-ctor-dtor.
> > >       * configure.ac: Add support for --enable-werror-always.
> > >       * configure: Regenerate.
> > > ---
> > >  libgcc/Makefile.in              |  1 +
> > >  libgcc/config/aarch64/t-aarch64 |  1 +
> > >  libgcc/configure                | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > >  libgcc/configure.ac             |  5 +++++
> > >  4 files changed, 38 insertions(+)
> > >
> > > [...]
> > > diff --git a/libgcc/configure.ac b/libgcc/configure.ac
> > > index 4e8c036990f..6b3ea2aea5c 100644
> > > --- a/libgcc/configure.ac
> > > +++ b/libgcc/configure.ac
> > > @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ sinclude(../config/unwind_ipinfo.m4)
> > >  sinclude(../config/gthr.m4)
> > >  sinclude(../config/sjlj.m4)
> > >  sinclude(../config/cet.m4)
> > > +sinclude(../config/warnings.m4)
> > >
> > >  AC_INIT([GNU C Runtime Library], 1.0,,[libgcc])
> > >  AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([static-object.mk])
> > > @@ -746,6 +747,10 @@ AC_SUBST(HAVE_STRUB_SUPPORT)
> > >  # Determine what GCC version number to use in filesystem paths.
> > >  GCC_BASE_VER
> > >
> > > +# Only enable with --enable-werror-always until existing warnings are
> > > +# corrected.
> > > +ACX_PROG_CC_WARNINGS_ARE_ERRORS([manual])
> >
> > It looks like this is borrowed from libcpp and/or libdecnumber.
> > Those are a bit different from libgcc in that they're host libraries
> > that can be built with any supported compiler (including non-GCC ones).
> > In constrast, libgcc can only be built with the corresponding version
> > of GCC.  The usual restrictions on -Werror -- only use it during stages
> > 2 and 3, or if the user explicitly passes --enable-werror -- don't apply
> > in libgcc's case.  We should always be building with the "right" version
> > of GCC (even for Canadian crosses) and so should always be able to use
> > -Werror.
> >
> > So personally, I think we should just go with:
> >
> > diff --git a/libgcc/config/aarch64/t-aarch64 
> > b/libgcc/config/aarch64/t-aarch64
> > index b70e7b94edd..ae1588ce307 100644
> > --- a/libgcc/config/aarch64/t-aarch64
> > +++ b/libgcc/config/aarch64/t-aarch64
> > @@ -30,3 +30,4 @@ LIB2ADDEH += \
> >         $(srcdir)/config/aarch64/__arm_za_disable.S
> >
> >  SHLIB_MAPFILES += $(srcdir)/config/aarch64/libgcc-sme.ver
> > +LIBGCC2_CFLAGS += $(WERROR) -Wno-prio-ctor-dtor
> >
> > ...this, but with $(WERROR) replaced by -Werror.
> >
> > At least, it would be a good way of finding out if there's a case
> > I've forgotten :)
> >
> > Let's see what others think though.
>
> I think it would be worthwhile to test this assumption first; I have a
> vague memory of having seen warnings in libgcc previously that would
> presumably get turned into errors if -Werror were applied
> unconditionally...
>
Sorry, it's not clear to me what you mean by "test this assumption" ?
Do you mean I should push the patch with unconditional -Werror and
monitor what happens for a while?
Or investigate more / other targets?
Or wait for others to commit?

Thanks,

Christophe

> >
> > Thanks,
> > Richard

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