Re: [PATCH RESEND] drbd: avoid clang warning about pointless switch statement
From: Nathan Chancellor
Date: Thu Oct 04 2018 - 15:22:39 EST
On Thu, Oct 04, 2018 at 09:18:54PM +0200, Lars Ellenberg wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 02, 2018 at 10:14:48AM -0700, Nathan Chancellor wrote:
> > From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> >
> > The drbd code causes warnings that we cannot easily disable when building with clang:
> >
> > In file included from drivers/block/drbd/drbd_debugfs.c:10:
> > In file included from drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h:48:
> > In file included from include/linux/drbd_genl_api.h:53:
> > In file included from include/linux/genl_magic_struct.h:237:
> > include/linux/drbd_genl.h:300:1: warning: no case matching constant switch condition '0'
> >
> > There is nothing wrong with the code, and adding 'default:' labels
> > in the right place is enough to let clang shut up about the warning.
>
> Actually, I think I'd prefer a "case 0:" instead of the "default:",
> because that would assert that we don't use a 0 for op or field numbers.
>
> As at least some people seem to care, I suggest we bundle up
> this and the other clang warning you just resent the patch for
> with whatever else we may come up with for the next merge window
> and send a pull request to Jens then.
> In case we forget, please send a friendly reminder.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Lars
>
Hi Lars,
I will go ahead and test that change shortly and send it over for
review.
Thanks for the quick reply!
Nathan