Re: [PATCH] x86/ptrace: Mark expected switch fall-through

From: Kees Cook
Date: Mon Aug 05 2019 - 16:19:24 EST


On Mon, Aug 05, 2019 at 02:56:54PM -0500, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
> Mark switch cases where we are expecting to fall through.
>
> Fix the following warning (Building: allnoconfig i386):
>
> arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c:202:6: warning: this statement may fall through [-Wimplicit-fallthrough=]
> if (unlikely(value == 0))
> ^
> arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c:206:2: note: here
> default:
> ^~~~~~~
>
> Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

-Kees

> ---
> arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c
> index 0fdbe89d0754..3c5bbe8e4120 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c
> @@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ static int set_segment_reg(struct task_struct *task,
> case offsetof(struct user_regs_struct, ss):
> if (unlikely(value == 0))
> return -EIO;
> + /* Else, fall through */
>
> default:
> *pt_regs_access(task_pt_regs(task), offset) = value;
> --
> 2.22.0
>

--
Kees Cook