Signed-off-by: Jesse Millan GCC complains because the function put_compat_shminfo() can't get to its return statement if there is no error... If the function does not return -EFALUT, it doesn't return anything at all. Looks like a typo. --- diff -puN ipc/compat.c~compat-patch ipc/compat.c --- linux-2.6.12-rc6.git10.kj.gcc4/ipc/compat.c~compat-patch 2005-06-28 20:37:20.177647168 -0700 +++ linux-2.6.12-rc6.git10.kj.gcc4-root/ipc/compat.c 2005-06-28 20:37:49.889130336 -0700 @@ -572,6 +572,7 @@ static inline int put_compat_shminfo(str err |= __put_user(smi->shmmni, &up->shmmni); err |= __put_user(smi->shmseg, &up->shmseg); err |= __put_user(smi->shmall, &up->shmall); + return err; } static inline int put_compat_shm_info(struct shm_info __user *ip, _