linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] watchdog: pcwd_pci: mark expected switch fall-through

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Date:   Fri, 3 Nov 2017 16:04:23 +0100
From:   Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@...ana.be>
To:     "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <garsilva@...eddedor.com>
Cc:     Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>, linux-watchdog@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] watchdog: pcwd_pci: mark expected switch fall-through

Hi Gustavo,

> In preparation to enabling -Wimplicit-fallthrough, mark switch cases
> where we are expecting to fall through.
> 
> Notice that in this particular case I replaced "Fall" with a proper
> "fall through" comment, which is what GCC is expecting to find.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <garsilva@...eddedor.com>
> ---
>  drivers/watchdog/pcwd_pci.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/pcwd_pci.c b/drivers/watchdog/pcwd_pci.c
> index c0d07ee..c882252 100644
> --- a/drivers/watchdog/pcwd_pci.c
> +++ b/drivers/watchdog/pcwd_pci.c
> @@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ static long pcipcwd_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
>  			return -EINVAL;
>  
>  		pcipcwd_keepalive();
> -		/* Fall */
> +		/* fall through */
>  	}
>  
>  	case WDIOC_GETTIMEOUT:
> -- 
> 2.7.4
> 

Shouldn't the /* fall through */ come after the } ?

Kind regards,
Wim.