compiler_attributes.h: Add 'fallthrough' pseudo keyword for switch/case use
Reserve the pseudo keyword 'fallthrough' for the ability to convert the
various case block /* fallthrough */ style comments to appear to be an
actual reserved word with the same gcc case block missing fallthrough
warning capability.
All switch/case blocks now should end in one of:
break;
fallthrough;
goto <label>;
return [expression];
continue;
In C mode, GCC supports the __fallthrough__ attribute since 7.1,
the same time the warning and the comment parsing were introduced.
fallthrough devolves to an empty "do {} while (0)" if the compiler
version (any version less than gcc 7) does not support the attribute.
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Suggested-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
Cc: Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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