lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2006]   [Jul]   [11]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
    /
    Date
    From
    SubjectRe: 2.6.18-rc1-mm1: drivers/ide/pci/jmicron.c warning
    On Tue, Jul 11, 2006 at 04:23:28PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
    > Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com> wrote:
    > >
    > > I'd say that gcc warning in the case that all the enum values are enumerated
    > > and have returns is a broken warning irrespective of that so I won't "fix" it
    > > because it isn't broken. Its just like various other bogus gcc warnings
    > >
    >
    > But we work around gcc problems all the time.
    >
    > Warnings like this have a cost - they make the build noisy and that causes
    > people to miss real bugs which the compiler is trying to tell them about.
    >
    > So if we can implement a low-cost fix for this then we should do so.
    >
    >
    > --- a/drivers/ide/pci/jmicron.c~a
    > +++ a/drivers/ide/pci/jmicron.c
    > @@ -94,8 +94,9 @@ static int __devinit ata66_jmicron(ide_h
    > return 0;
    > return 1;
    > case PORT_SATA:
    > - return 1;
    > + break;

    The part above isn't required to avoid the warning, and it does IMHO
    decrease readability.

    > }
    > + return 1; /* Avoid bogus "control reaches end of non-void function" */
    >...

    This is what is required to fix the warning.

    cu
    Adrian

    --

    "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out
    of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days.
    "Only a promise," Lao Er said.
    Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed

    -
    To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
    the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
    More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
    Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

    \
     
     \ /
      Last update: 2006-07-12 01:31    [W:4.235 / U:0.212 seconds]
    ©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site