linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/4] compiler_attributes.h: Add 'fallthrough' pseudo keyword for switch/case use

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Date:   Mon, 07 Oct 2019 11:28:53 -0700
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>
Cc:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>,
        "Gustavo A . R . Silva" <gustavo@...eddedor.com>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        Kan Liang <kan.liang@...ux.intel.com>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Shawn Landden <shawn@....icu>,
        "maintainer:X86 ARCHITECTURE (32-BIT AND 64-BIT)" <x86@...nel.org>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@...il.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        clang-built-linux <clang-built-linux@...glegroups.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] compiler_attributes.h: Add 'fallthrough' pseudo
 keyword for switch/case use

On Mon, 2019-10-07 at 11:14 -0700, Nick Desaulniers wrote:
> > On Sat, Oct 5, 2019 at 6:46 PM Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> wrote:
> > > Reserve the pseudo keyword 'fallthrough' for the ability to convert the
> 
> Have we precedent already for "pseudo keywords?"

Many.  see bool vs _Bool, u32 vs uint32_t, etc.

> I kind of like the
> double underscore prefix we use for attributes (which this is one of),

Linus apparently (and rightly IMO) prefers
fallthrough over __fallthrough.

https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/201909161516.A68C8239A@keescook/