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authorgeoffk <geoffk@138bc75d-0d04-0410-961f-82ee72b054a4>1999-08-21 05:31:45 +0000
committergeoffk <geoffk@138bc75d-0d04-0410-961f-82ee72b054a4>1999-08-21 05:31:45 +0000
commitdf018bb261c2da3c671f93410f43f5917ea1ee4a (patch)
treeaa04f3782cdbc7d991c92df1ea79fe631f770d80 /gcc
parent370ea236836b1f8d1034e8b1298b3a927aeb663a (diff)
downloadgcc-df018bb261c2da3c671f93410f43f5917ea1ee4a.tar.gz
The 'xxx may be clobbered by longjmp/vfork' warnings are part of
by -Wuninitialized. git-svn-id: svn+ssh://gcc.gnu.org/svn/gcc/trunk@28787 138bc75d-0d04-0410-961f-82ee72b054a4
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diff --git a/gcc/invoke.texi b/gcc/invoke.texi
index 7dadd3f8db9..52c6c19c06c 100644
--- a/gcc/invoke.texi
+++ b/gcc/invoke.texi
@@ -1532,6 +1532,16 @@ another common case:
@noindent
This has no bug because @code{save_y} is used only if it is set.
+@cindex @code{longjmp} warnings
+This option also warns when a nonvolatile automatic variable might be
+changed by a call to @code{longjmp}.
+
+The compiler sees only the calls to @code{setjmp}. It cannot know
+where @code{longjmp} will be called; in fact, a signal handler could
+call it at any point in the code. As a result, you may get a warning
+even when there is in fact no problem because @code{longjmp} cannot
+in fact be called at the place which would cause a problem.
+
Some spurious warnings can be avoided if you declare all the functions
you use that never return as @code{noreturn}. @xref{Function
Attributes}.
@@ -1564,18 +1574,6 @@ the warning.
Print extra warning messages for these events:
@itemize @bullet
-@cindex @code{longjmp} warnings
-@item
-A nonvolatile automatic variable might be changed by a call to
-@code{longjmp}. These warnings as well are possible only in
-optimizing compilation.
-
-The compiler sees only the calls to @code{setjmp}. It cannot know
-where @code{longjmp} will be called; in fact, a signal handler could
-call it at any point in the code. As a result, you may get a warning
-even when there is in fact no problem because @code{longjmp} cannot
-in fact be called at the place which would cause a problem.
-
@item
A function can return either with or without a value. (Falling
off the end of the function body is considered returning without