linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ihex: restore missing default in switch statement

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Date:	Wed, 4 Mar 2015 14:18:15 -0800
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Nicolas Iooss <nicolas.iooss_linux@....org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ihex: restore missing default in switch statement

On Wed,  4 Mar 2015 22:24:10 +0800 Nicolas Iooss <nicolas.iooss_linux@....org> wrote:

> Commit 2473238eac95 ("ihex: add support for CS:IP/EIP records") removes
> the "default:" statement in the switch block, making the "return
> usage();" line dead code and ihex2fw silently ignoring unknown options.
> Restore this statement.
> 
> This bug was found by building with HOSTCC=clang and adding
> -Wunreachable-code-return to HOSTCFLAGS.
> 
> ...
>
> --- a/firmware/ihex2fw.c
> +++ b/firmware/ihex2fw.c
> @@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
>  		case 'j':
>  			include_jump = 1;
>  			break;
> +		default:
>  			return usage();
>  		}
>  	}

whee.  So if there's userspace out there which is passing bad options
to ihex2fw, this fix will break it.

Oh well, I expect we'll survive.
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