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

[Pavel Machek]

On Fri 2019-08-02 07:00:42, Neil Horman wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 01, 2019 at 10:26:29PM +0200, Miguel Ojeda wrote:
> > On Thu, Aug 1, 2019 at 10:10 PM <hpa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > 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.
> > 
> I was having this conversation with Joe, and I agree, I like the idea of
> macroing up the fall through attribute, but naming it __fallthrough seems more
> consistent to me with the other attribute macros.  I also feel like its more
> recognizable as a macro.  Naming it fallthrough just makes it look like someone
> forgot to put /**/'s around it to me.

I like the "fallthrough". It looks like "return" and it should, no
need to have __'s there..
									Pavel
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