linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Fix WARN_ON / WARN_ON

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Date:	Thu, 5 Oct 2006 14:52:13 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
To:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
Cc:	"Ananiev, Leonid I" <leonid.i.ananiev@...el.com>,
	tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com, herbert@...dor.apana.org.au,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix WARN_ON / WARN_ON_ONCE regression

On Thu, 05 Oct 2006 14:43:01 -0700
Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org> wrote:

> Andrew Morton wrote:
> > So how's this look?
> >   
> 
> Looks fine to me.  Other than the general question of why WARN_ON* 
> returns a value at all, and if so, does the final unlikely() really do 
> anything.

Herbert had a good-sounding reason for wanting this feature, but afaict he
hasn't proceeded to use it at this stage.  And he's hiding from us ;)
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