netdev - Re: [PATCH][next] ath11k: Use fallthrough pseudo-keyword

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Message-ID: <CAGRGNgW4VB1F9TdHf1Kg6WQtgHyH-ZKAnZ0kU5eKQaqUWHwbqg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 28 Jul 2020 09:44:13 +1000
From:   Julian Calaby <julian.calaby@...il.com>
To:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:     "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>,
        Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, ath11k@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH][next] ath11k: Use fallthrough pseudo-keyword

Hi Joe,

On Tue, Jul 28, 2020 at 5:48 AM Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 2020-07-27 at 14:44 -0500, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
> > Replace the existing /* fall through */ comments and its variants with
> > the new pseudo-keyword macro fallthrough[1]. Also, remove unnecessary
> > fall-through markings when it is the case.
> []
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/dp.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/dp.c
> []
> > @@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ int ath11k_dp_srng_setup(struct ath11k_base *ab, struct dp_srng *ring,
> >                       break;
> >               }
> >               /* follow through when ring_num >= 3 */
> > -             /* fall through */
> > +             fallthrough;
>
> Likely the /* follow through ... */ comment can be deleted too

If the "when ring_num >= 3" comment is needed, how should this get
formatted? Maybe something like:

fallthrough; /* when ring_num >= 3 */

Thanks,

-- 
Julian Calaby

Email: julian.calaby@...il.com
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