Re: [PATCH] MIPS: Make BUG() __noreturn.

[Andreas Schwab]

"Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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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