Add more noreturn attributes

[Andreas Jaeger]

Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com> writes:

> Andreas Jaeger <aj@suse.de> writes:
> 
> > The appended patch silences most of the "function might be possible
> > candidate for attribute `noreturn'" warnings from GCC.
> 
> OK.
> 
> > I've got one question about thread_func in
> > linuxthreads/sysdeps/pthread/timer_routines.c which has a while (1)
> > loop.  Can it ever return?  gcc issues the noreturn warning.
> 
> I cannot return.  And the unlock call can go therefore.

I've committed the following now,
Andreas

2001-04-21  Andreas Jaeger  <aj@suse.de>

	* sysdeps/pthread/timer_routines.c (thread_func): Add
	noreturn attribute, remove statements that will never be executed.

============================================================
Index: linuxthreads/sysdeps/pthread/timer_routines.c
--- linuxthreads/sysdeps/pthread/timer_routines.c	2000/09/02 17:42:10	1.11
+++ linuxthreads/sysdeps/pthread/timer_routines.c	2001/04/21 18:43:47
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* Helper code for POSIX timer implementation on LinuxThreads.
-   Copyright (C) 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Copyright (C) 2000, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    This file is part of the GNU C Library.
    Contributed by Kaz Kylheku <kaz@ashi.footprints.net>.
 
@@ -370,6 +370,7 @@
    timers in chronological order as close to their scheduled time as
    possible.  */
 static void *
+__attribute__ ((noreturn))
 thread_func (void *arg)
 {
   struct thread_node *self = arg;
@@ -437,11 +438,13 @@
       else
 	pthread_cond_wait (&self->cond, &__timer_mutex);
     }
-
+  /* These statements will never be executed since the while loop
+     loops forever:
   pthread_mutex_unlock (&__timer_mutex);
   pthread_cleanup_pop (1);
 
   return NULL;
+  */
 }
 
 

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