linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/4] treewide: Add 'fallthrough' pseudo-keyword

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Date:   Fri, 11 Oct 2019 19:14:33 -0700
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     linux-sctp@...r.kernel.org,
        Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] treewide: Add 'fallthrough' pseudo-keyword

On Fri, 2019-10-11 at 10:46 -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 11, 2019 at 10:43 AM Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> wrote:
> > Shouldn't a conversion script be public somewhere?
> 
> I feel the ones that might want to do the conversion on their own are
> the ones that don't necessarily trust the script.
> 
> But I don't even know if anybody does want to, I just feel it's an option.

What's the harm in keeping the script in the
tree until it's no longer needed?