Re: [PATCH] serial: 8250_pci: Use fallthrough pseudo-keyword

From: Greg KH
Date: Fri May 07 2021 - 09:21:02 EST


On Fri, May 07, 2021 at 09:04:03PM +0800, Wei Ming Chen wrote:
> Add pseudo-keyword macro fallthrough[1]
>
> [1] https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html?highlight=fallthrough#implicit-switch-case-fall-through
>
> Signed-off-by: Wei Ming Chen <jj251510319013@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_pci.c | 3 +++
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_pci.c b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_pci.c
> index 689d8227f95f..4158f06de4d5 100644
> --- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_pci.c
> +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_pci.c
> @@ -847,8 +847,11 @@ static int pci_netmos_init(struct pci_dev *dev)
>
> switch (dev->device) { /* FALLTHROUGH on all */
> case PCI_DEVICE_ID_NETMOS_9904:
> + fallthrough;
> case PCI_DEVICE_ID_NETMOS_9912:
> + fallthrough;
> case PCI_DEVICE_ID_NETMOS_9922:
> + fallthrough;
> case PCI_DEVICE_ID_NETMOS_9900:

I really doubt this is needed here. If so, something is really wrong
with the static checkers.

thanks,

greg k-h