Re: [PATCH] debug: Deprecate BUG_ON() use in new code, introduce CRASH_ON()

From	Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH] debug: Deprecate BUG_ON() use in new code, introduce CRASH_ON()
Date	2015-06-08 13:30 +0200
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* Alexander Holler <holler@ahsoftware.de> wrote:

> > I am pretty certain that Greg would have applied such a patch in an eye blink.
> 
> As you've said it, *probably*. But such a simple exit path as you're proposing 
> doesn't always exist. [...]

As I said it's case by case. I discussed your example (which was a deficient patch 
for multiple reasons) but we'd be wasting everyone's time by discussion 
hypothethical situations.

Thanks,

	Ingo
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Re: [PATCH] kernel/params.c: make use of unused but set variable Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com> - 2015-06-08 02:10 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] kernel/params.c: make use of unused but set variable Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2015-06-08 02:20 +0200
    Re: [PATCH] kernel/params.c: make use of unused but set variable Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com> - 2015-06-08 03:00 +0200
      Re: [PATCH] kernel/params.c: make use of unused but set variable Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com> - 2015-06-11 04:00 +0200
        Re: [PATCH] kernel/params.c: make use of unused but set variable Louis Langholtz <lou_langholtz@me.com> - 2015-06-12 05:20 +0200
    Re: [PATCH] debug: Deprecate BUG_ON() use in new code, introduce  CRASH_ON() Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2015-06-08 13:30 +0200
    Re: [PATCH] debug: Deprecate BUG_ON() use in new code, introduce  CRASH_ON() Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2015-06-08 13:30 +0200
      Re: [PATCH] debug: Deprecate BUG_ON() use in new code, introduce  CRASH_ON() Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2015-06-08 21:40 +0200
    Re: [PATCH] kernel/params.c: make use of unused but set variable Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com> - 2015-06-12 03:50 +0200
      Re: [PATCH] kernel/params.c: make use of unused but set variable Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com> - 2015-06-16 22:00 +0200
    Re: [PATCH] kernel/params.c: make use of unused but set variable Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> - 2015-06-12 03:50 +0200

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