Re: [PATCH] Fix an uninitialised variable warning in the 8250 driver

[David Howells]

Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Current versions of gcc that I've tested get this all correct just fine
> for x86 at least.

gcc version 4.1.2 20070925 (Red Hat 4.1.2-33)

> Do check that the BUG_ON() helper for whatever platform you are using
> needs to correctly indicate that its BUG spewing path may not return
> (__attibute((__noreturn__)). I seem to remember some of the architectures
> are broken on that.

x86_64 - which doesn't do that.  It uses asm volatile and an infinite for-loop.

Surely having BUG() retreat through a noreturn function may lose important
state, such as the function that issued the bug as the compiler is under no
requirement to save the return value, and the file/line info may not be
available.

David
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