linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 0/2] Stop some of the abuse of BUG() where compile time checks should be used.

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Date:	Wed, 23 Nov 2011 15:57:37 -0800
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	David Daney <ddaney.cavm@...il.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, ralf@...ux-mips.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>, DM <dm.n9107@...il.com>,
	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	David Daney <david.daney@...ium.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/2] Stop some of the abuse of BUG() where compile time
 checks should be used.

Btw, would it possibly make sense to make the string more useful?

For example using __FILE__ and __LINE__, or possibly letting the user
of the BUILD_BUG() give a string ("Using HMASK without
CONFIG_HUGEPAGE").

Whatever. It's bikeshedding - what would probably be more important
would be to get this into linux-next so that we find out whether there
are any compile issues with it on other platforms or compiler
versions.

                  Linus
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