[PATCH] kbuild: Add '-fms-extensions' to areas with dedicated CFLAGS
Segher Boessenkool
segher at kernel.crashing.org
Thu Nov 6 00:44:26 AEDT 2025
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
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