On Fri, Nov 13, 2020 at 1:42 PM Moore, Robert <robert.moore@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Subject: Re: [PATCH] ACPICA: fix -Wfallthrough
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> On Fri, Nov 13, 2020 at 1:27 PM Moore, Robert <robert.moore@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > Subject: [PATCH] ACPICA: fix -Wfallthrough
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> > The "fallthrough" pseudo-keyword was added as a portable way to denote intentional fallthrough. This code seemed to be using a mix of fallthrough comments that GCC recognizes, and some kind of lint marker.
> > I'm guessing that linter hasn't been run in a while from the mixed use of the marker vs comments.
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> > /*lint -fallthrough */
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> > This is the lint marker
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> Yes; but from my patch, the hunk modifying
> acpi_ex_store_object_to_node() and vsnprintf() seem to indicate that maybe the linter hasn't been run in a while.
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> Which linter is that? I'm curious whether I should leave those be, and whether we're going to have an issue between compilers and linters as to which line/order these would need to appear on.
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> It's an old version of PC-Lint, which we don't use anymore.
Ah, ok, I'll remove them then.
+ ACPI_FALLTHROUGH;
/*lint -fallthrough */
should work to support both, but I'll just remove it. V2 inbound.
Thanks for the feedback!
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Thanks,
~Nick Desaulniers
