linux-kernel - Re: block: new gcc-5.1 warnings..

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Date:	Thu, 28 May 2015 01:56:51 +0300
From:	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: block: new gcc-5.1 warnings..

On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 03:32:15PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> So gcc-5.1 seems to have a few new warnings, most of which seem of
> dubious value, but whatever.
> 
> One of them
> 
> drivers/block/hd.c: In function ‘hd_request’:
> drivers/block/hd.c:630:11: warning: switch condition has boolean value
> [-Wswitch-bool]
>    switch (rq_data_dir(req)) {
>            ^
> 
> just made me go "what?" since doing a switch on a boolean is perfectly
> fine, and there can be various valid reasons to do so (using "break"
> and fall-through etc can make the structure of the true/false cases
> nicer).

In which situation fall-through switch() would make better structure then
plain if()? It's easier to miss-read fall-through.

-- 
 Kirill A. Shutemov
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