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The initial aim is to silence the following objtool warning: arch/loongarch/kernel/process.o: warning: objtool: arch_cpu_idle_dead() falls through to next function start_thread() According to tools/objtool/Documentation/objtool.txt, this is because the last instruction of arch_cpu_idle_dead() is a call to a noreturn function play_dead(). In order to silence the warning, one simple way is to add the noreturn function play_dead() to objtool's hard-coded global_noreturns array, that is to say, just put "NORETURN(play_dead)" into tools/objtool/noreturns.h, it works well. But I noticed that play_dead() is only defined once and only called by arch_cpu_idle_dead(), so put the body of play_dead() into the caller arch_cpu_idle_dead(), then remove the noreturn function play_dead() is an alternative way which can reduce the overhead of the function call at the same time. Signed-off-by: Tiezhu Yang <yangtiezhu@loongson.cn> Signed-off-by: Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@loongson.cn>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.