linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ACPICA: fix -Wfallthrough

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Message-ID: <CAKwvOdn4-CYtszj324JoOL6GBtUAeieTocc3cQyVUJJvd9AG6w@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 13 Nov 2020 13:04:08 -0800
From:   Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
To:     "Moore, Robert" <robert.moore@...el.com>
Cc:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
        Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>,
        "Kaneda, Erik" <erik.kaneda@...el.com>,
        "Wysocki, Rafael J" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>,
        "Gustavo A . R . Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>,
        "clang-built-linux@...glegroups.com" 
        <clang-built-linux@...glegroups.com>, Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
        "linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
        "devel@...ica.org" <devel@...ica.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ACPICA: fix -Wfallthrough

On Fri, Nov 13, 2020 at 1:01 PM Moore, Robert <robert.moore@...el.com> wrote:
>
> I can do it this way:
>
> In the global header actypes.h:
>
> #ifndef ACPI_FALLTHROUGH
> #define ACPI_FALLTHROUGH
> #endif
>
> In the gcc-specific header (acgcc.h):
>
> #define ACPI_FALLTHROUGH        __attribute__((__fallthrough__))
>
> This would not be #defined in the MSVC-specific header (acmsvc.h) -- thus using the default (null) in actypes.h (The per-environment headers are always included first).
>
> (We do all macros in upper case, prefixed with "ACPI_")
>
> If you can update your patch to use ACPI_FALLTHROUGH, I can do the rest (above).

Sure, I can do that.  I'd need to wrap it in a little more logic for
__has_attribute to support old GCC versions, but that should be
doable.
-- 
Thanks,
~Nick Desaulniers