Thread (32 messages) 32 messages, 4 authors, 2023-02-07

Re: [PATCH 12/22] powerpc/cpu: Mark start_secondary_resume() __noreturn

From: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Date: 2023-02-06 11:10:49
Also in: linux-alpha, linux-arm-kernel, linux-mips, linux-sh, lkml, loongarch, sparclinux

Josh Poimboeuf [off-list ref] writes:
start_secondary_resume() doesn't return.  Annotate it as such.  By
extension this also makes arch_cpu_idle_dead() noreturn.
Can we also mark arch_cpu_idle_dead() (the C function) __noreturn ?

Seems like it would be good documentation, even if it's not required
once the generic prototype is __noreturn.

But not a show-stopper.

Acked-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> (powerpc)

cheers
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diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/smp.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/smp.h
index f63505d74932..cfd42ca8765c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/smp.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/smp.h
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ void start_secondary(void *unused);
 extern int smp_send_nmi_ipi(int cpu, void (*fn)(struct pt_regs *), u64 delay_us);
 extern int smp_send_safe_nmi_ipi(int cpu, void (*fn)(struct pt_regs *), u64 delay_us);
 extern void smp_send_debugger_break(void);
-extern void start_secondary_resume(void);
+extern void __noreturn start_secondary_resume(void);
 extern void smp_generic_give_timebase(void);
 extern void smp_generic_take_timebase(void);
 
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