linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] spi: pxa2xx: Mark expected switch fall-through

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Date:   Wed, 3 Oct 2018 17:53:38 +0200
From:   "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavo@...eddedor.com>
To:     Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
Cc:     Daniel Mack <daniel@...que.org>,
        Haojian Zhuang <haojian.zhuang@...il.com>,
        Robert Jarzmik <robert.jarzmik@...e.fr>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-spi@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] spi: pxa2xx: Mark expected switch fall-through



On 10/3/18 5:27 PM, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
> 
> 
> On 10/3/18 5:22 PM, Mark Brown wrote:
>> On Wed, Oct 03, 2018 at 02:12:11PM +0200, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
>>
>>>  			switch (drv_data->n_bytes) {
>>>  			case 4:
>>>  				bytes_left >>= 1;
>>> +				/* Fall through */
>>>  			case 2:
>>>  				bytes_left >>= 1;
>>>  			}
>>
>> I think this code is just being too cute and it'd be better to just
>> rewrite it to directly do the expected number of shifts directly in each
>> case and have break statements; your fix is good but still not ideal for
>> readability I think.
>>
> 
> Okay. I agree. I'll rewrite and send v2.
> 

I'll actually send a completely new patch for this.

Thanks
--
Gustavo