On Mon, Oct 22, 2018 at 11:36 AM Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > We need to make sure the static analyzers are happy with either > method. Additionally, when was -Wimplicit-fallthrough added to GCC? If > it was added _before_ the attribute, we need to continue using the > comment style otherwise we lose coverage even with gcc itself. > Additionally, does Clang support this attribute (it supports > -Wimplicit-fallthrough). Please take a look at the rationale (also more details at the linked thread): * gcc 7.1 added -Wimplicit-fallthrough at the same time as the attribute and the comment parsing. * clang does *not* support the attribute in C. Cheers, Miguel