linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ARM: BUG() dies silently

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Date:	Sun, 03 Apr 2011 00:15:55 -0700
From:	Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...eaurora.org>
To:	Simon Glass <sjg@...omium.org>
CC:	Omar Ramirez Luna <omar.ramirez@...com>,
	Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	lk <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	lak <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ARM: BUG() dies silently

(Please stop top posting)

On 4/1/2011 3:29 PM, Simon Glass wrote:
> Hi Stephen,
>
> Sorry for the confusion, but in fact I was talking about the patch to
> make ARM use the generic bug handling via an undef instruction instead
> of calling ______bug() or writing to memory address 0. Please see
> here:
>
> http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/developer/patches/viewpatch.php?id=6808/1

Yes I've seen your patch (and even posted comments on it which have not
been responded to).

Correct me if I'm wrong, but that patch with CONFIG_BUG=n would lead to
the same error that Omar is seeing because the code only modifies the
bug infrastructure when CONFIG_BUG=y.

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