linux-hardening - Re: [PATCH][next] Input: Fix fall-through warning for Clang

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Mon, 14 Jun 2021 15:12:31 -0700
From:   Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
To:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:     "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>,
        linux-input@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org, Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH][next] Input: Fix fall-through warning for Clang

Hi Joe,

On Mon, Jun 07, 2021 at 03:02:40PM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Mon, 2021-06-07 at 16:48 -0500, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
> > In preparation to enable -Wimplicit-fallthrough for Clang, fix a
> > warning by explicitly adding a fallthrough; statement.
> []
> > diff --git a/drivers/input/joystick/sidewinder.c b/drivers/input/joystick/sidewinder.c
> []
> > @@ -660,6 +660,7 @@ static int sw_connect(struct gameport *gameport, struct gameport_driver *drv)
> >  					fallthrough;
> >  				case 45:				/* Ambiguous packet length */
> >  					if (j <= 40) {			/* ID length less or eq 40 -> FSP */
> > +					fallthrough;
> >  				case 43:
> >  						sw->type = SW_ID_FSP;
> >  						break;
> 
> Yuck.  Super ugly.  There's no need to play games with indentation.

Yeah, the original code is not pretty :(

> 
> Perhaps the simpler:
> 
> 				case 43:
> 					sw->type = SW_ID_FSP;
> 					break;
> 				case 45:				/* Ambiguous packet length */
> 					if (j <= 40) {			/* ID length less or eq 40 -> FSP */
> 						sw->type = SW_ID_FSP;
> 						break;
> 					}
> 					sw->number++;
> 					fallthrough;
> 
> 

Could you resubmit this version properly formatted?

Thanks.
 
-- 
Dmitry