From: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: checkpatch: prefer fallthrough; over fallthrough comments commit 294f69e662d1 ("compiler_attributes.h: Add 'fallthrough' pseudo keyword for switch/case use") added the pseudo keyword so add a test for it to checkpatch. Warn on a patch or use --strict for files. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/8b6c1b9031ab9f3cdebada06b8d46467f1492d68.camel@xxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+) --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-prefer-fallthrough-over-fallthrough-comments +++ a/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -2294,6 +2294,19 @@ sub pos_last_openparen { return length(expand_tabs(substr($line, 0, $last_openparen))) + 1; } +sub get_raw_comment { + my ($line, $rawline) = @_; + my $comment = ''; + + for my $i (0 .. (length($line) - 1)) { + if (substr($line, $i, 1) eq "$;") { + $comment .= substr($rawline, $i, 1); + } + } + + return $comment; +} + sub process { my $filename = shift; @@ -2455,6 +2468,7 @@ sub process { $sline =~ s/$;/ /g; #with comments as spaces my $rawline = $rawlines[$linenr - 1]; + my $raw_comment = get_raw_comment($line, $rawline); # check if it's a mode change, rename or start of a patch if (!$in_commit_log && @@ -6408,6 +6422,28 @@ sub process { } } +# check for /* fallthrough */ like comment, prefer fallthrough; + my @fallthroughs = ( + 'fallthrough', + '@fallthrough@', + 'lint -fallthrough[ \t]*', + 'intentional(?:ly)?[ \t]*fall(?:(?:s | |-)[Tt]|t)hr(?:ough|u|ew)', + '(?:else,?\s*)?FALL(?:S | |-)?THR(?:OUGH|U|EW)[ \t.!]*(?:-[^\n\r]*)?', + 'Fall(?:(?:s | |-)[Tt]|t)hr(?:ough|u|ew)[ \t.!]*(?:-[^\n\r]*)?', + 'fall(?:s | |-)?thr(?:ough|u|ew)[ \t.!]*(?:-[^\n\r]*)?', + ); + if ($raw_comment ne '') { + foreach my $ft (@fallthroughs) { + if ($raw_comment =~ /$ft/) { + my $msg_level = \&WARN; + $msg_level = \&CHK if ($file); + &{$msg_level}("PREFER_FALLTHROUGH", + "Prefer 'fallthrough;' over fallthrough comment\n" . $herecurr); + last; + } + } + } + # check for switch/default statements without a break; if ($perl_version_ok && defined $stat && _