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sysent: add a new NORETURN type flag
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Authored by brooks on Aug 1 2025, 12:45 PM.
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rG202ac0975edc: sysent: add a new NORETURN type flag
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System calls of type NORETURN don't return and their stubs are declare
not to.

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brooks created this revision.Aug 1 2025, 12:45 PM
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brooks requested review of this revision.Aug 1 2025, 12:45 PM
Harbormaster completed remote builds in B65887: Diff 159546.Aug 1 2025, 12:45 PM
brooks added a child revision: D51674: syscalls.master: mark _exit as not returning.Aug 1 2025, 12:45 PM
kib accepted this revision.Aug 1 2025, 1:11 PM
This revision is now accepted and ready to land.Aug 1 2025, 1:11 PM
kevans accepted this revision.Aug 1 2025, 2:07 PM

I did briefly wonder if there are any other attributes we might consider in the future, and if it'd be worth slightly expanding the flag/type syntax to allow a parameterized type for arbitrary attributes CAPENABLED|ATTR(_Noreturn, _Attr), but I think not.

Closed by commit rG202ac0975edc: sysent: add a new NORETURN type flag (authored by brooks). · Explain WhyAug 8 2025, 9:39 AM
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