Re: [PATCH] net: sctp: Rename fallthrough label to unhandled

From: Neil Horman
Date: Thu Aug 01 2019 - 16:48:47 EST


On Thu, Aug 01, 2019 at 10:42:31AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Thu, 2019-08-01 at 06:50 -0400, Neil Horman wrote:
> > On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 03:23:46PM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> []
> > You can say that if you want, but you made the point that your think the macro
> > as you have written is more readable. You example illustrates though that /*
> > fallthrough */ is a pretty common comment, and not prefixing it makes it look
> > like someone didn't add a comment that they meant to. The __ prefix is standard
> > practice for defining macros to attributes (212 instances of it by my count). I
> > don't mind rewriting the goto labels at all, but I think consistency is
> > valuable.
>
> Hey Neil.
>
> Perhaps you want to make this argument on the RFC patch thread
> that introduces the fallthrough pseudo-keyword.
>
> https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/1108577/
>
>
>
Sure, but it will have to wait for tomorrow at this point, as I need to run to
an appointment.

Best
Neil