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Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 10:04:16 -0400 (EDT) From: "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@...dspring.com> To: Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de> cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: any value to "NORET_TYPE" macro? On Tue, 22 May 2007, Adrian Bunk wrote: > On Tue, May 22, 2007 at 09:09:22AM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > > given that: > > > > $ grep -r "define.*NORET_TYPE" * > > include/linux/ext4_fs.h:# define NORET_TYPE /**/ > > include/linux/linkage.h:#define NORET_TYPE /**/ > > include/linux/ext3_fs.h:# define NORET_TYPE /**/ > > $ > > > > is there any obvious value to the 30 or so uses of that macro > > sprinkled throughout the tree? > > I can be mistaken, but it seems the uses should be replaced with your > __noreturn no, i think you're thinking of the alternative ATTRIB_NORET macro. as you can read in my previous post, NORET_TYPE used to resolve to "__volatile__" for very old gcc. so i think it's legitimately dead and can be ripped out. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA http://fsdev.net/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page ======================================================================== - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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