linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] watchdog: smsc37b787_wdt: Mark expected switch fall-through

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Date:   Tue, 26 Feb 2019 09:45:07 -0800
From:   Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To:     "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavo@...eddedor.com>
Cc:     Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@...ux-watchdog.org>,
        linux-watchdog@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] watchdog: smsc37b787_wdt: Mark expected switch
 fall-through

On Tue, Feb 26, 2019 at 11:42:06AM -0600, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
> 
> 
> On 2/18/19 10:08 AM, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> > On 2/14/19 12:16 PM, 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:
> >>
> >> drivers/watchdog/smsc37b787_wdt.c: In function ‘wb_smsc_wdt_ioctl’:
> >> drivers/watchdog/smsc37b787_wdt.c:480:3: warning: this statement may fall through [-Wimplicit-fallthrough=]
> >>     wb_smsc_wdt_set_timeout(timeout);
> >>     ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >> drivers/watchdog/smsc37b787_wdt.c:482:2: note: here
> >>    case WDIOC_GETTIMEOUT:
> >>    ^~~~
> >>
> >> Warning level 3 was used: -Wimplicit-fallthrough=3
> >>
> >> Notice that, in this particular case, the code comment is modified
> >> in accordance with what GCC is expecting to find.
> >>
> >> This patch is part of the ongoing efforts to enable
> >> -Wimplicit-fallthrough.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavo@...eddedor.com>
> > 
> > Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
> > 
> 
> Thank you, Guenter.
> 
> 
> Friendly ping:
> 
> Who can take this?
> 

It is queued in my watchdog-next branch. Usually Wim will pick it up from there.

Guenter