linux-kernel - Re: [Kgdb-bugreport] [PATCH] kernel: convert switch/case fallthrough comments to fallthrough;

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Date:   Wed, 23 Oct 2019 11:49:08 -0700
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@...aro.org>
Cc:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, kgdb-bugreport@...ts.sourceforge.net,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, linux-audit@...hat.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, bpf@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Kgdb-bugreport] [PATCH] kernel: convert switch/case
 fallthrough comments to fallthrough;

On Mon, 2019-10-21 at 10:09 +0100, Daniel Thompson wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 18, 2019 at 09:35:08AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> > Use the new pseudo keyword "fallthrough;" and not the
> > various /* fallthrough */ style comments.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
> > ---
> > 
> > This is a single patch for the kernel/ source tree,
> > which would otherwise be sent through as separate
> > patches to 19 maintainer sections.
> 
> For the kernel/debug/ files:
> 
> Acked-by: Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@...aro.org>
> 
> Will you be putting this in an immutable branch once you've collected
> enough acks?

No, I expect Linus will either run the script
or apply this patch one day.