Re: linux-next: build warning after merge of the f2fs tree

From: Jaegeuk Kim
Date: Mon Nov 26 2018 - 17:23:01 EST


On 11/27, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> Hi Jaegeuk,
>
> On Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:59:24 -0800 Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On 11/26, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> > >
> > > After merging the f2fs tree, today's linux-next build
> > > (x86_64_allmodconfig) produced this warning:
> > >
> > > In file included from fs/f2fs/dir.c:11:
> > > fs/f2fs/f2fs.h: In function '__mark_inode_dirty_flag':
> > > fs/f2fs/f2fs.h:2388:6: warning: this statement may fall through [-Wimplicit-fallthrough=]
> > > if (set)
> > > ^
> > > fs/f2fs/f2fs.h:2390:2: note: here
> > > case FI_DATA_EXIST:
> > > ^~~~
> > >
> > > Exposed by my use of -Wimplicit-fallthrough
> > >
> > > I am not sure why this has turned up now (as opposed to earlier today).
> >
> > The above change had been there for a long time, as an intended behavior.
>
> Yeah, it popped up due to line number changes in that file and the way
> I was filtering new warnings.
>
> > Hmm, I'm not sure how to avoid this.
>
> if you add a comment
> /* fall through */
> at the point the fall through occurs, then the warning is suppressed
> (and it documents that it is deliberate).

Oh, thanks~
Is this okay?