linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86/boot: use __noreturn instead of directly __attribute_

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Message-ID: <CANCZXo7SDXMvgnnMPfXFr3p8GtBCw9kENeOKXe78JB=kpHjpiw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 7 Apr 2015 13:32:33 +0600
From:	Alexander Kuleshov <kuleshovmail@...il.com>
To:	Andreas Mohr <andi@...as.de>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/boot: use __noreturn instead of directly
 __attribute__ definition

Hello Andreas,

>
> IMHO explicitly #include:ing parts
> which certain code does actively depend on after all
> is both a "code honesty"
> and a documentation issue ("Hmm, which interfaces does this implementation
> depend on? Ah, yeah...")
>

Yes, before the patch i was in hesitancy, how to be with 'includes'.
To add linux/compiler.h
to the boot.h or do not do it as it already in the bitops.h. That's
why I have added note
about in to the commit message, for getting feedback about this.

Thank you.
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