Re: [RFC PATCH] compiler_attributes.h: Add 'fallthrough' pseudo keyword for switch/case use

[Miguel Ojeda]

On Thu, Aug 1, 2019 at 10:10 PM <hpa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> I'm not disagreeing... I think using a macro makes sense.

It is either a macro or waiting for 5+ years (while we keep using the
comment style) :-)

In case it helps to make one's mind about whether to go for it or not,
I summarized the advantages and a few other details in the patch I
sent in October:

  https://github.com/ojeda/linux/commit/668f011a2706ea555987e263f609a5deba9c7fc4

It would be nice, however, to discuss whether we want __fallthrough or
fallthrough. The former is consistent with the rest of compiler
attributes and makes it clear it is not a keyword, the latter is
consistent with "break", "goto" and "return", as Joe's patch explains.

Cheers,
Miguel