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Message-Id: <200609112256.k8BMuqVt006467@laptop13.inf.utfsm.cl>
Date:	Mon, 11 Sep 2006 18:56:52 -0400
From:	"Horst H. von Brand" <vonbrand@....utfsm.cl>
To:	Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@...il.com>
cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Rickard Faith <faith@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fix warning: no return statement in function returning non-void in kernel/audit.c 

Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@...il.com> wrote:
> kauditd_thread() is being used in a call to kthread_run(). kthread_run()
> expects a function returning 'int' which is also how kauditd_thread() is
> declared. Unfortunately kauditd_thread() neglects to return a value

It is an infinite loop...
>                                                                     which
> results in this complaint from gcc :

>   kernel/audit.c:372: warning: no return statement in function returning non-void

> Easily fixed by just adding a 'return 0;' to kauditd_thread().

How about marking it as never returning?
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