Re: [PATCH v4] tty: vt: keyboard: add default switch-case, to handle smatch-warnings in method vt_do_kdgkb_ioctl

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> > This usually happens when switch has no default case and static
> > analyzers and even sometimes compilers can’t prove that all possible
> > values are covered.
> >
> >
>
> One blank line is enough.
>
> > Many thanks to the following for review of previous versions :
> >
> >         * Pavel Skripkin <paskripkin@xxxxxxxxx>
> >         * Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx>
> >
> >
>
> Ditto for each such case.

Ok, will take care of this in all my future-patches.


>
> ...
>
> > +       default:
> > +               kbs = NULL;
>
> > +               ret = -ENOIOCTLCMD;
>
> Why is this? How is it supposed to work?

If there is no match for a cmd, causing the default-case to be hit, we
must return an error ret-code to the client.
The -ENOIOCTLCMD error ret-code has been chosen, on the same lines as
"vt_do_kdskled" method.


Thanks and Regards,
Ajay




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