linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drm: mali-dp: Mark expected switch fall-through

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Date:   Mon, 29 Jul 2019 05:28:08 -0500
From:   "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavo@...eddedor.com>
To:     Liviu Dudau <Liviu.Dudau@....com>,
        Anders Roxell <anders.roxell@...aro.org>
Cc:     airlied@...ux.ie, daniel@...ll.ch, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drm: mali-dp: Mark expected switch fall-through



On 7/29/19 4:58 AM, Liviu Dudau wrote:

>>  		case MW_RESTART:
>>  			drm_writeback_signal_completion(&malidp->mw_connector, 0);
>> -			/* fall through to a new start */
> 
> It's a shame that the compiler throws a warning here, it would've been really
> useful to keep the hint that going back to a new start is intentional without
> having to type another comment.
> 

You don't have to remove the rest of the comment. For a one-line comment this works
just fine:

/* fall through - to a new start */

--
Gustavo