diff --git a/arch/avr32/include/asm/system.h b/arch/avr32/include/asm/system.h
index 9702c2213e1e74d979fb914b286cfbfac8c1609d..62d9ded016357bc6e6a6534d56cd154694b9692a 100644
--- a/arch/avr32/include/asm/system.h
+++ b/arch/avr32/include/asm/system.h
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ static inline unsigned long __cmpxchg_local(volatile void *ptr,
#define cmpxchg64_local(ptr, o, n) __cmpxchg64_local_generic((ptr), (o), (n))
struct pt_regs;
-void NORET_TYPE die(const char *str, struct pt_regs *regs, long err);
+void die(const char *str, struct pt_regs *regs, long err);
void _exception(long signr, struct pt_regs *regs, int code,
unsigned long addr);
diff --git a/arch/avr32/kernel/traps.c b/arch/avr32/kernel/traps.c
index 7aa25756412f16299b69cccfcd1d1c9851aaaec7..3d760c06f02481851e6ab27e57e819a376dcb6d5 100644
--- a/arch/avr32/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/avr32/kernel/traps.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(die_lock);
-void NORET_TYPE die(const char *str, struct pt_regs *regs, long err)
+void die(const char *str, struct pt_regs *regs, long err)
{
static int die_counter;
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/machine_kexec.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/machine_kexec.c
index 3d3aeef469476a85ed4d149608ebd891e72c5f6c..581a16d5e85b2f0d0f372b2e5cf7476f1c6db97d 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/machine_kexec.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/machine_kexec.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
#include <asm/sal.h>
#include <asm/mca.h>
-typedef NORET_TYPE void (*relocate_new_kernel_t)(
+typedef void (*relocate_new_kernel_t)(
unsigned long indirection_page,
unsigned long start_address,
struct ia64_boot_param *boot_param,
diff --git a/arch/m68k/amiga/config.c b/arch/m68k/amiga/config.c
index 82a4bb51d5d85b4f6271b7f4a830f1150bea5b59..a3b0558328b64d3e1024a3f6a50b58919a180505 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/amiga/config.c
+++ b/arch/m68k/amiga/config.c
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ static unsigned long amiga_gettimeoffset(void)
return ticks + offset;
}
-static NORET_TYPE void amiga_reset(void)
+static void amiga_reset(void)
ATTRIB_NORET;
static void amiga_reset(void)
diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/ptrace.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/ptrace.h
index de39b1f343ea2537b459eed56f53ea9b35732554..3d913259e507c8c72734640ebef4df1d78668f97 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/ptrace.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/ptrace.h
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ extern int ptrace_set_watch_regs(struct task_struct *child,
extern asmlinkage void syscall_trace_enter(struct pt_regs *regs);
extern asmlinkage void syscall_trace_leave(struct pt_regs *regs);
-extern NORET_TYPE void die(const char *, struct pt_regs *) ATTRIB_NORET;
+extern void die(const char *, struct pt_regs *) ATTRIB_NORET;
static inline void die_if_kernel(const char *str, struct pt_regs *regs)
{
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/traps.c b/arch/mips/kernel/traps.c
index 5c8a49d55054dffce696066bad88d1863c5e7f35..725e9a5ca966a3e1211f6abe88a3ad89e6006768 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/traps.c
@@ -1340,7 +1340,7 @@ void ejtag_exception_handler(struct pt_regs *regs)
/*
* NMI exception handler.
*/
-NORET_TYPE void ATTRIB_NORET nmi_exception_handler(struct pt_regs *regs)
+void ATTRIB_NORET nmi_exception_handler(struct pt_regs *regs)
{
bust_spinlocks(1);
printk("NMI taken!!!!\n");
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/machine_kexec_32.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/machine_kexec_32.c
index e63f2e7d2efb029fca417c344ecee0d9e96daf88..026e7f153949f258f939648322cefa2752f8400f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/machine_kexec_32.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/machine_kexec_32.c
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
#include <asm/hw_irq.h>
#include <asm/io.h>
-typedef NORET_TYPE void (*relocate_new_kernel_t)(
+typedef void (*relocate_new_kernel_t)(
unsigned long indirection_page,
unsigned long reboot_code_buffer,
unsigned long start_address) ATTRIB_NORET;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/machine_kexec_64.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/machine_kexec_64.c
index 26ccbf77dd4124958f83808b002e3a0176b3f6d4..5fbbf814923a1fb36e9c0c728e4cd0e9bd8a6e96 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/machine_kexec_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/machine_kexec_64.c
@@ -307,9 +307,9 @@ static union thread_union kexec_stack __init_task_data =
struct paca_struct kexec_paca;
/* Our assembly helper, in kexec_stub.S */
-extern NORET_TYPE void kexec_sequence(void *newstack, unsigned long start,
- void *image, void *control,
- void (*clear_all)(void)) ATTRIB_NORET;
+extern void kexec_sequence(void *newstack, unsigned long start,
+ void *image, void *control,
+ void (*clear_all)(void)) ATTRIB_NORET;
/* too late to fail here */
void default_machine_kexec(struct kimage *image)
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/nmi.c b/arch/s390/kernel/nmi.c
index fab88431a06fcb70a92b4fdfe0f475d269be67a6..0fd2e863e114e161ced171368521a3512ea2571d 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/nmi.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/nmi.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ struct mcck_struct {
static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct mcck_struct, cpu_mcck);
-static NORET_TYPE void s390_handle_damage(char *msg)
+static void s390_handle_damage(char *msg)
{
smp_send_stop();
disabled_wait((unsigned long) __builtin_return_address(0));
diff --git a/arch/tile/kernel/machine_kexec.c b/arch/tile/kernel/machine_kexec.c
index e00d7179989e24946a20185709224d9afd97f1be..b0c9070590679f088ac8abcebfdbf9992ef15db7 100644
--- a/arch/tile/kernel/machine_kexec.c
+++ b/arch/tile/kernel/machine_kexec.c
@@ -248,10 +248,10 @@ static void setup_quasi_va_is_pa(void)
}
-NORET_TYPE void machine_kexec(struct kimage *image)
+void machine_kexec(struct kimage *image)
{
void *reboot_code_buffer;
- NORET_TYPE void (*rnk)(unsigned long, void *, unsigned long)
+ void (*rnk)(unsigned long, void *, unsigned long)
ATTRIB_NORET;
/* Mask all interrupts before starting to reboot. */
diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h
index 60934395e36cb1ca9958479965c81d5f31064799..aaf1753dd2b396967f8e57095ef830c96c7a1c6e 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernel.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -185,16 +185,16 @@ static inline void might_fault(void)
extern struct atomic_notifier_head panic_notifier_list;
extern long (*panic_blink)(int state);
-NORET_TYPE __printf(1, 2)
+__printf(1, 2)
void panic(const char *fmt, ...)
ATTRIB_NORET __cold;
extern void oops_enter(void);
extern void oops_exit(void);
void print_oops_end_marker(void);
extern int oops_may_print(void);
-NORET_TYPE void do_exit(long error_code)
+void do_exit(long error_code)
ATTRIB_NORET;
-NORET_TYPE void complete_and_exit(struct completion *, long)
+void complete_and_exit(struct completion *, long)
ATTRIB_NORET;
/* Internal, do not use. */
diff --git a/include/linux/linkage.h b/include/linux/linkage.h
index c75074cb8ad4e372ea9f6f7cc2be777eb8659dda..6a8f252e49eee13929d41b99d3e5c75dadf55fa8 100644
--- a/include/linux/linkage.h
+++ b/include/linux/linkage.h
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@
#endif
-#define NORET_TYPE /**/
#define ATTRIB_NORET __attribute__((noreturn))
#endif
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 21cd0303af5107ef944b27c334750d6cedfb13ef..4032ec1cf836fe2055a422c8d2356a4ea620117a 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -2275,7 +2275,7 @@ extern void __cleanup_sighand(struct sighand_struct *);
extern void exit_itimers(struct signal_struct *);
extern void flush_itimer_signals(void);
-extern NORET_TYPE void do_group_exit(int);
+extern void do_group_exit(int);
extern void daemonize(const char *, ...);
extern int allow_signal(int);
diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
index 94ed6e20bb532840e69070f3d623568e17cbe0c1..c44738267be770118b64203eb3cbd411d9656686 100644
--- a/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/kernel/exit.c
@@ -887,7 +887,7 @@ static void check_stack_usage(void)
static inline void check_stack_usage(void) {}
#endif
-NORET_TYPE void do_exit(long code)
+void do_exit(long code)
{
struct task_struct *tsk = current;
int group_dead;
@@ -1051,7 +1051,7 @@ NORET_TYPE void do_exit(long code)
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(do_exit);
-NORET_TYPE void complete_and_exit(struct completion *comp, long code)
+void complete_and_exit(struct completion *comp, long code)
{
if (comp)
complete(comp);
@@ -1070,7 +1070,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(exit, int, error_code)
* Take down every thread in the group. This is called by fatal signals
* as well as by sys_exit_group (below).
*/
-NORET_TYPE void
+void
do_group_exit(int exit_code)
{
struct signal_struct *sig = current->signal;
diff --git a/kernel/panic.c b/kernel/panic.c
index 3458469eb7c3489badf84de6916defa9cd6472a0..6fd09ed6fd909eda55999d7de6b81b5456696292 100644
--- a/kernel/panic.c
+++ b/kernel/panic.c
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(panic_blink);
*
* This function never returns.
*/
-NORET_TYPE void panic(const char * fmt, ...)
+void panic(const char *fmt, ...)
{
static char buf[1024];
va_list args;