[Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 2/2] Add __noreturn function attribute

[Jan Kiszka]

malc wrote:
> On Fri, 28 Nov 2008, Jan Kiszka wrote:
> 
>> Introduce __noreturn attribute and attach it to cpu_loop_exit as well as
>> interrupt/exception helpers for i386. This avoids a bunch of gcc4
>> warnings.
> 
> ISO/IEC 9899:1990
> 
> 7.1.3
>          -- All  identifiers  that  begin  with  an  underscore and
>             either an uppercase letter or  another  underscore  are
>             always reserved for any use.

...but commonly used in practice (which is no excuse to do so here, just
an explanation). Given that we have __hidden already, I just followed
the existing pattern. 

> 
> Breaking the standard is what brings us the joys of recently (re)posted
> patch for NetBSD and [u]intXX fun.

I have no problem with calling it 'noreturn' instead.

Jan

----------->

Introduce noreturn attribute and attach it to cpu_loop_exit as well as
interrupt/exception helpers for i386. This avoids a bunch of gcc4
warnings.

Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <address@hidden>
---

 exec-all.h         |    5 ++++-
 target-i386/exec.h |    8 ++++----
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/exec-all.h b/exec-all.h
index ca97f57..4934932 100644
--- a/exec-all.h
+++ b/exec-all.h
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@
 
 #ifndef _EXEC_ALL_H_
 #define _EXEC_ALL_H_
+
+#define noreturn __attribute__ ((__noreturn__))
+
 /* allow to see translation results - the slowdown should be negligible, so we 
leave it */
 #define DEBUG_DISAS
 
@@ -82,7 +85,7 @@ TranslationBlock *tb_gen_code(CPUState *env,
                               target_ulong pc, target_ulong cs_base, int flags,
                               int cflags);
 void cpu_exec_init(CPUState *env);
-void cpu_loop_exit(void);
+void noreturn cpu_loop_exit(void);
 int page_unprotect(target_ulong address, unsigned long pc, void *puc);
 void tb_invalidate_phys_page_range(target_phys_addr_t start, 
target_phys_addr_t end,
                                    int is_cpu_write_access);
diff --git a/target-i386/exec.h b/target-i386/exec.h
index 3663166..b35f08b 100644
--- a/target-i386/exec.h
+++ b/target-i386/exec.h
@@ -67,10 +67,10 @@ void do_interrupt(int intno, int is_int, int error_code,
                   target_ulong next_eip, int is_hw);
 void do_interrupt_user(int intno, int is_int, int error_code,
                        target_ulong next_eip);
-void raise_interrupt(int intno, int is_int, int error_code,
-                     int next_eip_addend);
-void raise_exception_err(int exception_index, int error_code);
-void raise_exception(int exception_index);
+void noreturn raise_interrupt(int intno, int is_int, int error_code,
+                              int next_eip_addend);
+void noreturn raise_exception_err(int exception_index, int error_code);
+void noreturn raise_exception(int exception_index);
 void do_smm_enter(void);
 
 /* n must be a constant to be efficient */

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