linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V2 1/6] PM / QOS: Add default case to the switch

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Date:   Thu, 9 Feb 2017 15:24:25 +0100
From:   Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:     Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
Cc:     Rafael Wysocki <rjw@...ysocki.net>, khilman@...libre.com,
        ulf.hansson@...aro.org, Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>,
        linaro-kernel@...ts.linaro.org, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>,
        sboyd@...eaurora.org, nm@...com, robh+dt@...nel.org,
        lina.iyer@...aro.org, rnayak@...eaurora.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2 1/6] PM / QOS: Add default case to the switch

On Thu 2017-02-09 09:11:47, Viresh Kumar wrote:
> The switch block handles all the QOS request types present today, but
> starts giving compilation warnings as soon as a new type is added and
> not handled in this.
> 
> To prevent against that, add the default case as well and do a WARN from
> it.

I'd say compilation-time warning is better than hmm.... stacktrace and memory leak
at runtime?

> --- a/drivers/base/power/qos.c
> +++ b/drivers/base/power/qos.c
> @@ -621,6 +621,9 @@ static void __dev_pm_qos_drop_user_request(struct device *dev,
>  		req = dev->power.qos->flags_req;
>  		dev->power.qos->flags_req = NULL;
>  		break;
> +	default:
> +		WARN_ON(1);
> +		return;
>  	}
>  	__dev_pm_qos_remove_request(req);
>  	kfree(req);

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