Re: [PATCH] fix warning: no return statement in function returning non-void in kernel/audit.c

[Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>]

On Mon, Sep 11, 2006 at 09:22:15PM +0200, Jesper Juhl wrote:
 > >  > kauditd_thread() is being used in a call to kthread_run(). kthread_run() expects
 > >  > a function returning 'int' which is also how kauditd_thread() is declared. Unfortunately
 > >  > kauditd_thread() neglects to return a value which results in this complaint from gcc :
 > >  >
 > >  >   kernel/audit.c:372: warning: no return statement in function returning non-void
 > >  >
 > >  > Easily fixed by just adding a 'return 0;' to kauditd_thread().
 > >
 > > Which will never be reached.
 > 
 > True, and gcc even seems to optimize it out, since the size of audit.o
 > doesn't change with the patch applied... So, it does no harm and it
 > silences the warning - so why not?

Ah well, works for me :)

 > I guess one could add a small /* never reached */ comment...

Could do for completeness, though it should seem fairly obvious.

 > > Does marking the function NORET_TYPE
 > > also silence the warning?
 > Nope :(

Bah!

	Dave