linux-hardening - Re: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH 000/141] Fix fall-through warnings for Clang

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Date:   Wed, 25 Nov 2020 10:53:13 +1100 (AEDT)
From:   Finn Thain <fthain@...egraphics.com.au>
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Subject: Re: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH 000/141] Fix fall-through warnings for
 Clang


On Wed, 25 Nov 2020, Miguel Ojeda wrote:

> 
> The C standard has nothing to do with this. We use compiler extensions 
> of several kinds, for many years. Even discounting those extensions, the 
> kernel is not even conforming to C due to e.g. strict aliasing. I am not 
> sure what you are trying to argue here.
> 

I'm saying that supporting the official language spec makes more sense 
than attempting to support a multitude of divergent interpretations of the 
spec (i.e. gcc, clang, coverity etc.)

I'm also saying that the reason why we use -std=gnu89 is that existing 
code was written in that language, not in ad hoc languages comprised of 
collections of extensions that change with every release.

> But, since you insist: yes, the `fallthrough` attribute is in the 
> current C2x draft.
> 

Thank you for checking. I found a free version that's only 6 weeks old:

http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg14/www/docs/n2583.pdf

It will be interesting to see whether 6.7.11.5 changes once the various 
implementations reach agreement.