linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] objtool: Fix noreturn detection for ignored functions

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Message-ID: <CAHk-=wi6SRtDQqghBcY6mBQYm0b-ZNPWh7oC_-1tdOpG8YQ8dA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 11 Sep 2020 09:51:27 -0700
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
Cc:     "the arch/x86 maintainers" <x86@...nel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] objtool: Fix noreturn detection for ignored functions

On Thu, Sep 10, 2020 at 8:25 AM Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com> wrote:
>
> Fixes the following warning:

Ack, confirmed. I assume I'll be getting this through the usual channels.

[ In the meantime, Peter Oberparleiter figured out what was wrong with
GCOV and it's been re-enabled on my system, so I'm not seeing this
warning any more because GCOV ends up effectively modifying the code
generation to the point where the situation doesn't happen with
allmodconfig any more. But ithat is just one particular config ]

           Linus