linux-kernel - Re: any value to "NORET

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Date:	Fri, 25 May 2007 13:36:32 -0400 (EDT)
From:	"Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@...dspring.com>
To:	Satyam Sharma <satyam.sharma@...il.com>
cc:	Krzysztof Halasa <khc@...waw.pl>, Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: any value to "NORET_TYPE" macro?

On Fri, 25 May 2007, Satyam Sharma wrote:
...
> 1. If this is a function _declaration_ (i.e. a prototype in some
> header or some .c file), then remove the NORET_TYPE macro. Also,
> if an ATTRIB_NORET or NORET_AND already exists then you're done.
> Else, introduce an ATTRIB_NORET after the arglist but before ;

actually, what i would be introducing in all cases is "__noreturn",
the short form currently defined in compiler-gcc.h.  and i would be
removing every instance of ATTRIB_NORET and its buddies.

rday
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