linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] MIPS: op_model_mipsxx: Fix non-executable code bug

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Date:   Fri, 21 Aug 2020 09:46:25 +0200
From:   Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@...ha.franken.de>
To:     "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>
Cc:     Robert Richter <rric@...nel.org>, Huacai Chen <chenhc@...ote.com>,
        Liangliang Huang <huanglllzu@...il.com>,
        oprofile-list@...ts.sf.net, linux-mips@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MIPS: op_model_mipsxx: Fix non-executable code bug

On Tue, Aug 18, 2020 at 11:58:13PM -0500, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
> The fallthrough pseudo-keyword is being wrongly used and is causing
> the non-executable code error below:
> 
> arch/mips/oprofile/op_model_mipsxx.c: In function ‘mipsxx_perfcount_handler’:
> ./include/linux/compiler_attributes.h:214:41: warning: statement will never be executed [-Wswitch-unreachable]
>  # define fallthrough                    __attribute__((__fallthrough__))
>                                          ^
> arch/mips/oprofile/op_model_mipsxx.c:248:2: note: in expansion of macro ‘fallthrough’
>   fallthrough;       \
>   ^~~~~~~~~~~
> arch/mips/oprofile/op_model_mipsxx.c:258:2: note: in expansion of macro ‘HANDLE_COUNTER’
>   HANDLE_COUNTER(3)
>   ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
> Fix this by placing the fallthrough macro at the proper place.
> 
> Fixes: c9b029903466 ("MIPS: Use fallthrough for arch/mips")
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@...nel.org>
> ---
>  arch/mips/oprofile/op_model_mipsxx.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

applied to mips-fixes.

Thomas.

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