linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86/syscalls: Mark expected switch fall-throughs

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Date:   Wed, 30 Jan 2019 01:14:22 +0100 (CET)
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <garsilva@...eddedor.com>
cc:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Dominik Brodowski <linux@...inikbrodowski.net>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/syscalls: Mark expected switch fall-throughs

On Tue, 29 Jan 2019, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:

> In preparation to enable -Wimplicit-fallthrough by default, mark
> switch-case statements where fall-through is intentional, explicitly in
> order to fix a bunch of -Wimplicit-fallthrough warnings.
> 
> Warning level 3 was used: -Wimplicit-fallthrough=3.

Was used for what? For writing the patch or for finding the places?

Please be precise in your changelog statements. Te above doesn't make sense
for the casual reader.

Thanks,

	tglx