linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/4] bug: completely remove code of disabled VM_BUG

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Date:	Fri, 27 Apr 2012 00:07:47 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Cc:	Konstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@...nvz.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] bug: completely remove code of disabled VM_BUG_ON()

On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 07:17:50 +0200 Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org> wrote:

> On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 00:32, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
> > On Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:40:32 +0200
> > Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org> wrote:
> >
> >> On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 13:26, Konstantin Khlebnikov
> >> <khlebnikov@...nvz.org> wrote:
> >> > Even if CONFIG_DEBUG_VM=n gcc genereates code for some VM_BUG_ON()
> >>
> >> That's because of the side effects of the expression
> >>
> >> https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/4/25/146
> >>
> >> But IRIC, we do want them here?
> >>
> >
> > AFAICT (lkml.org appears to be having a meltdown), you've gone and
> > linked to this very thread.
> >
> > Please try again, this time avoiding hyperlinks ;)
> 
> Yeah, I noticed after the fact. I wanted to look up the definition of
> unused_expression(), which obviously wasn't in my tree yet ;-)
> 
> Still, I think people started relyong on the side effects, didn't they?

I hope not.  If they are, they snuck it past me cleverly!  A quick grep
of mm/*.c looks clean.
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