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Re: [PATCH 2/3] Add a lot of dummy returns to avoid warnings with NO_NORETURN

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Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date
Jun 21, 2011, 05:00 UTC
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<20110621050003.GB16763@elie>
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<20110621002448.GB700@alboin.amr.corp.intel.com>
Andi Kleen wrote:
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> For some optimizations (basic block reordering) you could get
> the same benefit with __builtin_expect.
>
> But based on my own experience with __builtin_expect in other projects
> I strongly recommend to not use it manually:
[...]
> In addition there are various optimizations in gcc where I am not
> aware of a manual annotation possibility (like register allocation). 
> The data from profile feedback is used in quite a lot of places all
> over the compiler.
Thanks.  Alas.
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  1. 1/3 Add option to disable NORETURNAndi Kleen, Jun 19, 2011
  2. 2/3 Add a lot of dummy returns to avoid warnings with NO_NORETURNAndi Kleen, Jun 19, 2011
  3. Junio C HamanoJun 20, 2011
  4. Andi KleenJun 20, 2011
  5. Junio C HamanoJun 20, 2011
  6. Andi KleenJun 20, 2011
  7. Jonathan NiederJun 20, 2011
  8. Andi KleenJun 20, 2011
  9. Jonathan NiederJun 20, 2011
  10. Jonathan NiederJun 20, 2011
  11. Andi KleenJun 21, 2011
  12. Jonathan NiederJun 21, 2011
  13. Junio C HamanoJun 20, 2011
  14. Andi KleenJun 21, 2011
  15. Junio C HamanoJun 20, 2011
  16. Andi KleenJun 20, 2011
  17. Junio C HamanoJun 20, 2011
  18. Andi KleenJun 20, 2011
  19. Junio C HamanoJun 21, 2011
  20. 3/3 Add profile feedback build to git v2Andi Kleen, Jun 19, 2011

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