linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] rtl8xxxu: mark expected switch fall-throughs

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Date:   Wed, 11 Oct 2017 11:41:49 +0300
From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
To:     Jes Sorensen <jes.sorensen@...il.com>
Cc:     "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <garsilva@...eddedor.com>,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rtl8xxxu: mark expected switch fall-throughs

Jes Sorensen <jes.sorensen@...il.com> writes:

> On 10/10/2017 03:30 PM, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
>> In preparation to enabling -Wimplicit-fallthrough, mark switch cases
>> where we are expecting to fall through.
>
> While this isn't harmful, to me this looks like pointless patch churn
> for zero gain and it's just ugly.

In general I find it useful to mark fall through cases. And it's just a
comment with two words, so they cannot hurt your eyes that much.

-- 
Kalle Valo