netdev - Re: [PATCH, net-next 1/2] bpf: btf: avoid -Wreturn-type warning

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Date:   Fri, 25 May 2018 21:53:11 +0000
From:   Song Liu <songliubraving@...com>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
CC:     Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        Martin Lau <kafai@...com>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH, net-next 1/2] bpf: btf: avoid -Wreturn-type warning



> On May 25, 2018, at 2:33 PM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> wrote:
> 
> gcc warns about a noreturn function possibly returning in
> some configurations:
> 
> kernel/bpf/btf.c: In function 'env_type_is_resolve_sink':
> kernel/bpf/btf.c:729:1: error: control reaches end of non-void function [-Werror=return-type]
> 
> Using BUG() instead of BUG_ON() avoids that warning and otherwise
> does the exact same thing.
> 
> Fixes: eb3f595dab40 ("bpf: btf: Validate type reference")
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> ---
> kernel/bpf/btf.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/bpf/btf.c b/kernel/bpf/btf.c
> index 9cbeabb5aca3..2822a0cf4f48 100644
> --- a/kernel/bpf/btf.c
> +++ b/kernel/bpf/btf.c
> @@ -749,7 +749,7 @@ static bool env_type_is_resolve_sink(const struct btf_verifier_env *env,
> 			!btf_type_is_array(next_type) &&
> 			!btf_type_is_struct(next_type);
> 	default:
> -		BUG_ON(1);
> +		BUG();
> 	}
> }
> 
> -- 
> 2.9.0
> 

Acked-by: Song Liu <songliubraving@...com>