linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][next] powerpc/xmon: Fix -Wswitch-unreachable warning in bpt

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Date:   Fri, 16 Sep 2022 07:42:55 -0700
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>
Cc:     Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>,
        Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][next] powerpc/xmon: Fix -Wswitch-unreachable warning in
 bpt_cmds

On Fri, Sep 16, 2022 at 03:15:04PM +0100, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
> When building with automatic stack variable initialization, GCC 12
> complains about variables defined outside of switch case statements.
> Move the variable into the case that uses it, which silences the warning:
> 
> arch/powerpc/xmon/xmon.c: In function ‘bpt_cmds’:
> arch/powerpc/xmon/xmon.c:1529:13: warning: statement will never be executed [-Wswitch-unreachable]
>  1529 |         int mode;
>       |             ^~~~
> 
> Fixes: 09b6c1129f89 ("powerpc/xmon: Fix compile error with PPC_8xx=y")
> Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@...nel.org>

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>

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Kees Cook