Re: [Compile Warning] 2.6.30-rc8 build

[Alan Cox]

> I don't think there's any way in which gcc can deduce that h->first is
> non-zero on entry to that loop.  Even if it inlines
> serial_unlink_irq_chain() into serial8250_shutdown().

Why does it care ?

Suppose the list is empty, n is loaded with NULL

That follows the BUG_ON path which expands to include a function marked
as not returning

gcc is just rather smarter than your average cc



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