# Re: \[trivial PATCH\] treewide: Convert switch/case fallthrough; to break;

- From: Jacob Keller \<jacob.e.keller@intel.com\>
- Date: 2020-09-17 20:05:43 
- List: linux-fbdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-fbdev/2020/09/6109360
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-arm-kernel/2020/09/6099701/t.md

```text


On 9/9/2020 1:55 PM, Keith Busch wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 09, 2020 at 01:06:39PM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
>> diff --git a/crypto/tcrypt.c b/crypto/tcrypt.c
>> index eea0f453cfb6..8aac5bc60f4c 100644
>> --- a/crypto/tcrypt.c
>> +++ b/crypto/tcrypt.c
>> @@ -2464,7 +2464,7 @@ static int do_test(const char *alg, u32 type, u32 mask, int m, u32 num_mb)
>>  		test_hash_speed("streebog512", sec,
>>  				generic_hash_speed_template);
>>  		if (mode > 300 && mode < 400) break;
>> -		fallthrough;
>> +		break;
>>  	case 399:
>>  		break;
> 
> Just imho, this change makes the preceding 'if' look even more
> pointless. Maybe the fallthrough was a deliberate choice? Not that my
> opinion matters here as I don't know this module, but it looked a bit
> odd to me.
> 

Yea this does look very odd..
```