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

From: Dave Jones
Date: Mon Sep 11 2006 - 11:53:09 EST


On Mon, Sep 11, 2006 at 05:15:16PM +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. Does marking the function NORET_TYPE
also silence the warning?

Dave
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