linux-kernel - Re: [tip:perf/urgent] perf/x86/intel: Mark expected switch fall-throughs

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Date:   Thu, 25 Jul 2019 16:18:56 -0700
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc:     hpa@...or.com, tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...nel.org,
        gustavo@...eddedor.com, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
        acme@...nel.org, kan.liang@...ux.intel.com, namhyung@...nel.org,
        jolsa@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com, keescook@...omium.org,
        linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [tip:perf/urgent] perf/x86/intel: Mark expected switch
 fall-throughs

On Thu, 2019-07-25 at 19:35 +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> Seriously though; I detest these patches and we really, as in _really_
> should have done that attribute thing.

At least it'll be fairly easy to convert to something
sensible later.

Variants of the equivalent of:

s@/* fallthrough */@...lthrough;@

with some trivial whitespace reformatting will read
_much_ better.

It's pretty scriptable.