linux-kernel - [PATCH] arm64: Remove unreachable break after die

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Message-ID: <20251126222620.215245-1-osama.abdelkader@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2025 00:26:20 +0200
From: Osama Abdelkader <osama.abdelkader@...il.com>
To: catalin.marinas@....com,
	will@...nel.org,
	mark.rutland@....com,
	ada.coupriediaz@....com,
	smostafa@...gle.com
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Osama Abdelkader <osama.abdelkader@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH] arm64: Remove unreachable break after die

die() never returns, the break is unreachable in arch/arm64/kernel/traps.c

Signed-off-by: Osama Abdelkader <osama.abdelkader@...il.com>
---
 arch/arm64/kernel/traps.c | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/traps.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/traps.c
index 681939ef5d16..81dd2d7759eb 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/traps.c
@@ -1003,7 +1003,6 @@ int bug_brk_handler(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long esr)
 	switch (report_bug(regs->pc, regs)) {
 	case BUG_TRAP_TYPE_BUG:
 		die("Oops - BUG", regs, esr);
-		break;
 
 	case BUG_TRAP_TYPE_WARN:
 		break;
-- 
2.43.0