Re: [PATCH] MIPS: Make BUG() _

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Re: [PATCH] MIPS: Make BUG() __noreturn.

To:	"Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@linux-mips.org>
Subject:	Re: [PATCH] MIPS: Make BUG() __noreturn.
From:	Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de>
Date:	Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:58:30 +0100
Cc:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>, Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>, David Daney <ddaney@caviumnetworks.com>, linux-mips <linux-mips@linux-mips.org>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
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"Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@linux-mips.org> writes:

> Otherwise it looks like the attribute is useless -- it looks like it can 
> only be used for functions where GCC can determine the function does not 
> return anyway.  Which means it is redundant.

The purpose of the attribute is to tell the _callers_ of this function
that it does not return.  It does not change how the attributed function
itself is compiled.

Andreas.

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