Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] PCI: imx: Add support for i.MX8MQ

[Gustavo A. R. Silva]

Hi,

On 12/14/18 2:30 PM, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> [+cc Gustavo for fallthrough annotation]

> > @@ -301,6 +312,7 @@ static void imx6_pcie_assert_core_reset(struct imx6_pcie *imx6_pcie)
> >   
> >   	switch (imx6_pcie->variant) {
> >   	case IMX7D:
> > +	case IMX8MQ: /* FALLTHROUGH */
> >   		reset_control_assert(imx6_pcie->pciephy_reset);
> >   		reset_control_assert(imx6_pcie->apps_reset);
> >   		break;
>
> I'm not an expert on fallthrough annotation (Gustavo, cc'd, is), but
> this looks wrong.  It's the IMX7D case that falls through, not the
> IMX8MQ case.

Correct.

> The recent annotations added by Gustavo are at the point where the
> "break" would normally be, e.g.,
>
>    case IMX7D:
>      /* fall through */                    <--- annotation
>    case IMX8MQ:
>      <code>
>      break;
>
> But in this case there's actually no IMX7D-specific *code* there, so I
> suspect the annotation is unnecessary.  It's obvious that IMX7D and
> IMX8MQ are handled the same, so there's really no opportunity for the
> "forgotten break" mistake -Wimplicit-fallthrough is trying to find.

Yep. That's correct. There is no need for those annotations in this patch.

> If we *do* want this annotation, we should spell it the same as
> Gustavo has been, i.e., "fall through".

This is a matter of style. For -Wimplicit-fallthrough, "FALLTHROUGH" is 
as valid a "fall through".

Although, currently, there are 1997 instances of "fall through" vs 235 
of "FALLTHROUGH" in linux-next.

Thanks
--
Gustavo