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

From: Horst H. von Brand
Date: Mon Sep 11 2006 - 18:54:07 EST


Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@xxxxxxxxx> 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

It is an infinite loop...
> 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().

How about marking it as never returning?
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