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From: walter harms <wharms@bfs.de>
To: kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [KJ] what's the value of "NORET_TYPE"?
Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 12:08:36 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4652DD44.7030108@bfs.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0705211425310.25535@localhost.localdomain>


i have a (wild) guess
gcc supports an __attribute__ ((noreturn)). To make stuff compatible sometime ago
someone decided he will need it.

IMHO remove it look like ancient

see also: http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/9605/1957.html

re,
 wh


Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>   what exactly is the rationale behind the macro NORET_TYPE?
> 
> $ grep -r "define.*NORET_TYPE" *
> include/linux/ext4_fs.h:# define NORET_TYPE    /**/
> include/linux/ext3_fs.h:# define NORET_TYPE    /**/
> include/linux/linkage.h:#define NORET_TYPE    /**/
> $
> 
>   oooooookay, so ... what's up with this?
> 
> rday
> 
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2007-05-22 12:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-05-21 18:26 [KJ] what's the value of "NORET_TYPE"? Robert P. J. Day
2007-05-22 12:08 ` Cripps
2007-05-22 12:08 ` walter harms [this message]
2007-05-22 12:13 ` Robert P. J. Day
2007-05-22 14:25 ` walter harms
2007-05-22 14:48 ` Robert P. J. Day

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