Re: [PATCH] x86/syscalls: Mark expected switch fall-throughs

[Thomas Gleixner]

On Tue, 28 Nov 2017, Linus Torvalds wrote:

> On Tue, Nov 28, 2017 at 11:00 AM, Alan Cox <gnomes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > The notation in question has been standard in tools like lint since the
> > end of the 1970s
> 
> Yes.
> 
> That said, maybe one option would be to annotate the "case:" and
> "default:" statements if that makes people happier.
> 
> IOW, we could do something like
> 
>     #define fallthrough __atttibute__((fallthrough))
> 
> and then write
> 
>     fallthrough case 1:
>         ...
> 
> which while absolutely not traditional, might look and read a bit more
> logical to people. I mean, it literally _is_ a "fallthrough case", so
> it makes semantic sense.
> 
> Or maybe people hate that kind of "making up new syntax" too?

Fine with me. Better than any comment.

Thanks,

	tglx