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 <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <[email protected]>
Suggested-by: Dan Carpenter <[email protected]>
Cc: Miguel Ojeda <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
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Joe Perches authored and Linus Torvalds committed 2019-10-11 09:26:05 -07:00
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@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
# define __GCC4_has_attribute___noclone__ 1
# define __GCC4_has_attribute___nonstring__ 0
# define __GCC4_has_attribute___no_sanitize_address__ (__GNUC_MINOR__ >= 8)
# define __GCC4_has_attribute___fallthrough__ 0
#endif
/*
@@ -185,6 +186,22 @@
# define __noclone
#endif
/*
* Add the pseudo keyword 'fallthrough' so case statement blocks
* must end with any of these keywords:
* break;
* fallthrough;
* goto <label>;
* return [expression];
*
* gcc: https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Statement-Attributes.html#Statement-Attributes
*/
#if __has_attribute(__fallthrough__)
# define fallthrough __attribute__((__fallthrough__))
#else
# define fallthrough do {} while (0) /* fallthrough */
#endif
/*
* Note the missing underscores.
*