On 19.06.2024 13:21, Julien Grall wrote: > > > On 19/06/2024 12:17, Julien Grall wrote: >> Hi Federico, >> >> On 19/06/2024 10:29, Federico Serafini wrote: >>> MISRA C Rule 16.4 states that every `switch' statement shall have a >>> `default' label" and a statement or a comment prior to the >>> terminating break statement. >>> >>> This patch addresses some violations of the rule related to the >>> "notifier pattern": a frequently-used pattern whereby only a few values >>> are handled by the switch statement and nothing should be done for >>> others (nothing to do in the default case). >>> >>> Note that for function mwait_idle_cpu_init() in >>> xen/arch/x86/cpu/mwait-idle.c the /* Notifier pattern. */ comment is >>> not added: differently from the other functions covered in this patch, >>> the default label has a return statement that does not violates Rule >>> 16.4. >>> >>> No functional change. >>> >>> Signed-off-by: Federico Serafini <federico.seraf...@bugseng.com> >>> --- >>> Changes in v2: >>> as Jan pointed out, in the v1 some patterns were not explicitly >>> identified >>> (https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/cad05a5c-e2d8-4e5d-af05-30ae6f959...@bugseng.com/). >>> >>> This version adds the /* Notifier pattern. */ to all the pattern >>> present in >>> the Xen codebase except for mwait_idle_cpu_init(). >>> --- >>> xen/arch/arm/cpuerrata.c | 1 + >>> xen/arch/arm/gic-v3-lpi.c | 4 ++++ >>> xen/arch/arm/gic.c | 1 + >>> xen/arch/arm/irq.c | 4 ++++ >>> xen/arch/arm/mmu/p2m.c | 1 + >>> xen/arch/arm/percpu.c | 1 + >>> xen/arch/arm/smpboot.c | 1 + >>> xen/arch/arm/time.c | 1 + >>> xen/arch/arm/vgic-v3-its.c | 2 ++ >>> xen/arch/x86/acpi/cpu_idle.c | 4 ++++ >>> xen/arch/x86/cpu/mcheck/mce.c | 4 ++++ >>> xen/arch/x86/cpu/mcheck/mce_intel.c | 4 ++++ >>> xen/arch/x86/genapic/x2apic.c | 3 +++ >>> xen/arch/x86/hvm/hvm.c | 1 + >>> xen/arch/x86/nmi.c | 1 + >>> xen/arch/x86/percpu.c | 3 +++ >>> xen/arch/x86/psr.c | 3 +++ >>> xen/arch/x86/smpboot.c | 3 +++ >>> xen/common/kexec.c | 1 + >>> xen/common/rcupdate.c | 1 + >>> xen/common/sched/core.c | 1 + >>> xen/common/sched/cpupool.c | 1 + >>> xen/common/spinlock.c | 1 + >>> xen/common/tasklet.c | 1 + >>> xen/common/timer.c | 1 + >>> xen/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c | 1 + >>> xen/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_misc_governors.c | 3 +++ >>> xen/drivers/passthrough/x86/hvm.c | 3 +++ >>> xen/drivers/passthrough/x86/iommu.c | 3 +++ >>> 29 files changed, 59 insertions(+) >>> >>> diff --git a/xen/arch/arm/cpuerrata.c b/xen/arch/arm/cpuerrata.c >>> index 2b7101ea25..69c30aecd8 100644 >>> --- a/xen/arch/arm/cpuerrata.c >>> +++ b/xen/arch/arm/cpuerrata.c >>> @@ -730,6 +730,7 @@ static int cpu_errata_callback(struct >>> notifier_block *nfb, >>> rc = enable_nonboot_cpu_caps(arm_errata); >>> break; >>> default: >>> + /* Notifier pattern. */ >> Without looking at the commit message (which may not be trivial when >> committed), it is not clear to me what this is supposed to mean. Will >> there be a longer explanation in the MISRA doc? Should this be a SAF-* >> comment? > > Please ignore this comment. Just found it in the rules.rst.
Except that there it is only an example (and such an example could even be replaced at any time). Already on the previous version I had asked that some explanation be added as to what this means and under what circumstances it is legitimate to add (kind of related to a later part of the earlier reply of yours). Jan
