linux-kernel - Re: [patch] hugetlb: remove dummy definitions of HPAGE_MASK and HPAGE

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Date:	Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:43:26 -0800
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	David Daney <ddaney@...iumnetworks.com>
Cc:	David Daney <ddaney.cavm@...il.com>,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"linux-mips@...ux-mips.org" <linux-mips@...ux-mips.org>,
	"ralf@...ux-mips.org" <ralf@...ux-mips.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	David Daney <david.daney@...ium.com>,
	"linux-arch@...r.kernel.org" <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>,
	Robin Holt <holt@....com>
Subject: Re: [patch] hugetlb: remove dummy definitions of HPAGE_MASK and HPAGE_SIZE

On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 3:23 PM, David Daney <ddaney@...iumnetworks.com> wrote:
>
> Ok Linus, for you I would recommend against running this git command on your
> tree:
>
> git grep -E '#define.+BUG\(\);'
>
> It's not like there isn't precedence.

So two wrongs make a right?

I do note that almost all the BUG() ones are in the same broken area:
hugepages. There's something wrong with the development there.

I wish people whose code had stuff like that would take a deep look at it.

                        Linus
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