[PATCH] afs: fix no return statement in function returning non-void

Randy Dunlap rdunlap at infradead.org
Thu May 27 12:48:04 PDT 2021


On 4/19/21 3:31 PM, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> On 4/8/21 7:06 AM, David Howells wrote:
>> Zheng Zengkai <zhengzengkai at huawei.com> wrote:
>>
>>>  static int afs_dir_set_page_dirty(struct page *page)
>>>  {
>>>  	BUG(); /* This should never happen. */
>>> +	return 0;
>>>  }
>>
>> That shouldn't be necessary.  BUG() should be marked as 'no return' to the
>> compiler.  What arch and compiler are you using?
> 
> How do mark a #define BUG() as __noreturn?
> 
> Several arch-es use #define for BUG() instead of using a function.

Hi David,

So you are counting of BUG() being a function and not a macro?

Doesn't seem like a good idea.

-- 
~Randy




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