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From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] examples: fix typdef in performance thread
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Date: Sun, 13 May 2018 23:37:29 +0200
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10/05/2018 07:31, David Hunt:
> The function pthread_create() expects void *(*func) (void *)
> for function pointer, however, lthread_func_t was defined as
> void (*func) (void *), so now gcc 8.1 warns that the cast is
> incorrect, causing a compilation failure. This patch changes
> the declaration of lthread_func_t from returning a void to
> returning a void*, and then changes the sample app in the
> relevant places that are affected by the typedef change.
> 
> Fixes: 116819b9ed0d ("examples/performance-thread: add lthread subsystem")
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Hunt <david.hunt@intel.com>
> ---
[...]
> -static void initial_lthread(void *args);
> -static void initial_lthread(void *args __attribute__((unused)))
> +static void *initial_lthread(void *args);

This declaration can be removed.

> +static void *initial_lthread(void *args __attribute__((unused)))
>  {

The function must return a pointer (like NULL) at the end.

Please check that all threads are returning something.