From: Tom Rix <trix@xxxxxxxxxx> This spurious error is reported for powerpc64, CONFIG_BUG=n fs/afs/dir.c: In function 'afs_dir_set_page_dirty': fs/afs/dir.c:51:1: error: no return statement in function returning non-void [-Werror=return-type] 51 | } | ^ When CONFIG_BUG=y is BUG is expanded from #define BUG() do { BUG_ENTRY("twi 31, 0, 0", 0); unreachable(); } while (0) to static int afs_dir_set_page_dirty(struct page *page) { do { __asm__ __volatile__( "1: " "twi 31, 0, 0" ... do { ; asm volatile(""); __builtin_unreachable(); } while (0); } while (0); } When CONFIG_BUG=n, the generic BUG() is used which expands out to static int afs_dir_set_page_dirty(struct page *page) { do {} while (1); } Without the __builtin_unreachable(), gcc reports the warning ref: gcc docs https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Other-Builtins.html " ... without the __builtin_unreachable, GCC issues a warning that control reaches the end of a non-void function." So add an unreachable() to the generic BUG(), the resulting expansiion will be static int afs_dir_set_page_dirty(struct page *page) { do { do {} while (1); do { ; asm volatile(""); __builtin_unreachable(); } while (0); } while (0); } Signed-off-by: Tom Rix <trix@xxxxxxxxxx> --- include/asm-generic/bug.h | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/include/asm-generic/bug.h b/include/asm-generic/bug.h index f152b9bb916fc..b250e06d7de26 100644 --- a/include/asm-generic/bug.h +++ b/include/asm-generic/bug.h @@ -177,7 +177,10 @@ void __warn(const char *file, int line, void *caller, unsigned taint, #else /* !CONFIG_BUG */ #ifndef HAVE_ARCH_BUG -#define BUG() do {} while (1) +#define BUG() do { \ + do {} while (1); \ + unreachable(); \ + } while (0) #endif #ifndef HAVE_ARCH_BUG_ON -- 2.26.3