linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] drbd: Avoid Clang warning about pointless switch statment

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Date:   Tue, 18 Dec 2018 10:22:02 +0100
From:   Lars Ellenberg <lars.ellenberg@...bit.com>
To:     Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Cc:     Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@...il.com>,
        Philipp Reisner <philipp.reisner@...bit.com>,
        drbd-dev@...ts.linbit.com, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] drbd: Avoid Clang warning about pointless switch
 statment

On Mon, Dec 17, 2018 at 10:29:38AM -0700, Jens Axboe wrote:
> > Hi Lars and Philipp,
> > 
> > Could you please make sure that this patch and the other one I sent make
> > it into 4.21/5.0? I am not sure when you were planning on sending the
> > pull request to Jens that you mentioned in the other thread but I've
> > noticed most maintainers typically send their requests for the impending
> > merge window around -rc7 or so and I wanted to make sure it was on your
> > radar.

I'm sorry.
>From my point of view, "fixing the pointless switch" is just "pointless",
so it (again) fell through.  I get it that it is important to others,
and getting rid of Clang warnings is a good thing.  So sorry again.

> It needs to get here now, but drbd hasn't really sent anything in for
> about a year,

Last actual fix was 2018-06-25 64dafbc9530c drbd: fix access after free
so almost six month, yes.

> so I'm starting to doubt how maintained it is at this
> point.

Oh, it is maintained.  It is just happens to be "stable".
We don't add new features there,
and I'm currently not aware of any misbehavior.

I'll prepare a pull request containing this,
the other Clang warning patch from Nathan,
and possibly other small stuff that accumulated,
if I can find any, and send that out later today.

Thanks for the reminder,

    Lars