Re: any value to "NORET_TYPE" macro?

["Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@mindspring.com>]

On Fri, 25 May 2007, Satyam Sharma wrote:

> On 5/24/07, Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@mindspring.com> wrote:

> > while in actual definitions, they typically go after the return type,
> > as in arch/arm/kernel/traps.c:
> >
> > void __attribute__((noreturn)) __bug(const char *file, int line)
> > {
> >         printk(KERN_CRIT"kernel BUG at %s:%d!\n", file, line);
> >         *(int *)0 = 0;
> >
> >         /* Avoid "noreturn function does return" */
> >         for (;;);
> > }
>
> Function attributes don't need to appear in function definitions at all.
> (I've not come across such cases often, so this is certainly not the
> standard). Anyway, the above is a case that the function lacks a
> separate declaration which is why we put it there at the definition.
> And yes, if we really do have to put an attribute in the function
> definition, then we do need to place it _before_ the function name.

right -- the above was referring only to those instances (and there
are some of them) where there is no declaration, only a definition.

i'll take another shot at a patch shortly.

rday
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