linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86/insn-eval: Mark expected switch fall-through

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Date:   Sat, 26 Jan 2019 10:47:49 +0100
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavo@...eddedor.com>
Cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/insn-eval: Mark expected switch fall-through

On Fri, Jan 25, 2019 at 02:55:20PM -0600, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
> In preparation to enabling -Wimplicit-fallthrough, mark switch
> cases where we are expecting to fall through.
> 
> This patch fixes the following warning:
> 
> arch/x86/lib/insn-eval.c: In function ‘resolve_default_seg’:
> arch/x86/lib/insn-eval.c:179:6: warning: this statement may fall through [-Wimplicit-fallthrough=]
>    if (insn->addr_bytes == 2)
>       ^
> arch/x86/lib/insn-eval.c:182:2: note: here
>   case -EDOM:
>   ^~~~
> 
> Warning level 3 was used: -Wimplicit-fallthrough=3
> 
> This patch is part of the ongoing efforts to enabling

For the future:

Avoid having "This patch" or "This commit" in the commit message. It is
tautologically useless.

Also, do

$ git grep 'This patch' Documentation/process

for more details.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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