netdev - Re: [trivial PATCH] treewide: Convert switch/case fallthrough; to break;

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Message-ID: <b3d6f71aea87f4bb88554f1a3fdaee0b2feb158c.camel@perches.com>
Date:   Wed, 09 Sep 2020 15:47:24 -0700
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>
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Subject: Re: [trivial PATCH] treewide: Convert switch/case fallthrough; to
 break;

On Wed, 2020-09-09 at 19:36 -0300, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 09, 2020 at 01:06:39PM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> > fallthrough to a separate case/default label break; isn't very readable.
> > 
> > Convert pseudo-keyword fallthrough; statements to a simple break; when
> > the next label is case or default and the only statement in the next
> > label block is break;
> > 
> > Found using:
> > 
> > $ grep-2.5.4 -rP --include=*.[ch] -n "fallthrough;(\s*(case\s+\w+|default)\s*:\s*){1,7}break;" *
> > 
> > Miscellanea:
> > 
> > o Move or coalesce a couple label blocks above a default: block.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
> > ---
> > 
> > Compiled allyesconfig x86-64 only.
> > A few files for other arches were not compiled.
> 
> IB part looks OK, I prefer it like this
> 
> You could do the same for continue as well, I saw a few of those..

I saw some continue uses as well but wasn't sure
and didn't look to see if the switch/case with
continue was in a for/while loop.