linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: Allow case labels with ranges

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Date:	Mon, 21 Jul 2014 15:54:21 +0100
From:	Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: Allow case labels with ranges

On Mon, 21 Jul 2014, Joe Perches wrote:

> On Mon, 2014-07-21 at 14:21 +0100, Lee Jones wrote:
> > On Mon, 21 Jul 2014, Joe Perches wrote:
> > > The MISSING_BREAK / fallthrough test does not support
> > > gcc's extension for case labels with ranges.
> []
> > Yep, that's much worse [1] - I wish I never mentioned it. ;)
> 
> I'm glad you did actually.
> 
> The code itself:
> 
> bool foo(int bar)
> {
> 	case (bar) {
> 	case 1:
> 	case 2:
> 	case 4:
> 		return true;
> 	default:
> 		return false;
> }
> 
> should not emit any error.

That's why I submitted the report.

> I'll fix it soon.

Brilliant, thanks Joe!

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