Re: [tip:x86/tdx 8/12] vmlinux.o: warning: objtool: __tdx_hypercall+0x128: __tdx_hypercall_failed() is missing a __noreturn annotation

[Peter Zijlstra]

On Thu, Sep 14, 2023 at 04:16:47PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> * Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > > It appears the __noreturn must be annotated to the function declaration 
> > > but not the function body.  I'll send out the fix as soon as I confirm 
> > > the fix with LKP.
> > 
> > FWIW, the reason being that...
> > 
> > The point of noreturn is that the caller should know to stop generating 
> > code. For that the declaration needs the attribute, because call sites 
> > typically do not have access to the function definition in C.
> 
> BTW., arguably shouldn't the compiler generate a warning to begin with, 
> when it encounters a noreturn function definition whose prototype doesn't 
> have the attribute?

Yeah, I would agree with that, but I think the problem is that gnu
attributes are all considered 'optional' and do not factor into the
actual signature.

Added Michael to Cc so he may clarify if I'm talking nonsense.