Messages in this thread | | | From | Andreas Schwab <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] MIPS: Make BUG() __noreturn. | Date | Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:58:30 +0100 |
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"Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@linux-mips.org> writes:
> Otherwise it looks like the attribute is useless -- it looks like it can > only be used for functions where GCC can determine the function does not > return anyway. Which means it is redundant.
The purpose of the attribute is to tell the _callers_ of this function that it does not return. It does not change how the attributed function itself is compiled.
Andreas.
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