Re: [PATCH] ihex: restore missing default in switch statement

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Wed Mar 04 2015 - 17:18:21 EST


On Wed, 4 Mar 2015 22:24:10 +0800 Nicolas Iooss <nicolas.iooss_linux@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Commit 2473238eac95 ("ihex: add support for CS:IP/EIP records") removes
> the "default:" statement in the switch block, making the "return
> usage();" line dead code and ihex2fw silently ignoring unknown options.
> Restore this statement.
>
> This bug was found by building with HOSTCC=clang and adding
> -Wunreachable-code-return to HOSTCFLAGS.
>
> ...
>
> --- a/firmware/ihex2fw.c
> +++ b/firmware/ihex2fw.c
> @@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
> case 'j':
> include_jump = 1;
> break;
> + default:
> return usage();
> }
> }

whee. So if there's userspace out there which is passing bad options
to ihex2fw, this fix will break it.

Oh well, I expect we'll survive.
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