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From: walter harms <wharms@bfs.de>
Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 12:08:36 +0000
Subject: Re: [KJ] what's the value of "NORET_TYPE"?
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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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