Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 22 May 2007 10:04:16 -0400 (EDT) | From | "Robert P. J. Day" <> | Subject | Re: any value to "NORET_TYPE" macro? |
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On Tue, 22 May 2007, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> On Tue, May 22, 2007 at 09:09:22AM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > > given that: > > > > $ grep -r "define.*NORET_TYPE" * > > include/linux/ext4_fs.h:# define NORET_TYPE /**/ > > include/linux/linkage.h:#define NORET_TYPE /**/ > > include/linux/ext3_fs.h:# define NORET_TYPE /**/ > > $ > > > > is there any obvious value to the 30 or so uses of that macro > > sprinkled throughout the tree? > > I can be mistaken, but it seems the uses should be replaced with your > __noreturn
no, i think you're thinking of the alternative ATTRIB_NORET macro. as you can read in my previous post, NORET_TYPE used to resolve to "__volatile__" for very old gcc. so i think it's legitimately dead and can be ripped out.
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