# disable pointer signed / unsigned warnings in gcc 4.0
KBUILD_CFLAGS += -Wno-pointer-sign
+# In order to make sure new function cast mismatches are not introduced
+# in the kernel (to avoid tripping CFI checking), the kernel should be
+# globally built with -Wcast-function-type.
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option, -Wcast-function-type)
+
# disable stringop warnings in gcc 8+
KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning, stringop-truncation)