linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Input: xen-kbdfront - mark expected switch fall-through

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Date:   Tue, 16 Oct 2018 17:12:06 -0700
From:   Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
To:     "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavo@...eddedor.com>
Cc:     linux-input@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Input: xen-kbdfront - mark expected switch fall-through

On Mon, Oct 08, 2018 at 04:07:48PM +0200, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
> In preparation to enabling -Wimplicit-fallthrough, mark switch cases
> where we are expecting to fall through.
> 
> Notice that in this particular case, I placed the "fall through"
> part at the beginning of the code comment, which is what GCC is
> expecting to find.
> 
> Addresses-Coverity-ID: 114757 ("Missing break in switch")
> Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavo@...eddedor.com>

Applied, thank you.

> ---
>  drivers/input/misc/xen-kbdfront.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/input/misc/xen-kbdfront.c b/drivers/input/misc/xen-kbdfront.c
> index 594f72e..24bc5c5 100644
> --- a/drivers/input/misc/xen-kbdfront.c
> +++ b/drivers/input/misc/xen-kbdfront.c
> @@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ static void xenkbd_backend_changed(struct xenbus_device *dev,
>  	case XenbusStateClosed:
>  		if (dev->state == XenbusStateClosed)
>  			break;
> -		/* Missed the backend's CLOSING state -- fallthrough */
> +		/* fall through - Missed the backend's CLOSING state */
>  	case XenbusStateClosing:
>  		xenbus_frontend_closed(dev);
>  		break;
> -- 
> 2.7.4
> 

-- 
Dmitry