linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -next 011/491] ARM/QUALCOMM SUPPORT: Use fallthrough;

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Date:   Wed, 11 Mar 2020 07:30:48 -0700
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Marc Gonzalez <marc.w.gonzalez@...e.fr>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -next 011/491] ARM/QUALCOMM SUPPORT: Use fallthrough;

On Wed, 2020-03-11 at 09:46 +0100, Marc Gonzalez wrote:
> On 11/03/2020 05:51, Joe Perches wrote:
> > Convert the various uses of fallthrough comments to fallthrough;
> 
> What is the rationale for such a change?
> Portability to different tool-chains? Something else?

Converting /* fallthrough */ style comments to the pseudo-keyword fallthrough
allows clang 10 and higher to work at finding missing fallthroughs too.