linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/8] vfio: add external user support

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Date:	Thu, 27 Jun 2013 16:59:29 +1000
From:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
To:	Alexey Kardashevskiy <aik@...abs.ru>
Cc:	linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, Alexander Graf <agraf@...e.de>,
	kvm-ppc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@...hat.com>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	"Paul E . McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	David Gibson <david@...son.dropbear.id.au>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/8] vfio: add external user support

Hi Alexy,

On Thu, 27 Jun 2013 15:02:31 +1000 Alexey Kardashevskiy <aik@...abs.ru> wrote:
>
> +/* Allows an external user (for example, KVM) to unlock an IOMMU group */
> +static void vfio_group_del_external_user(struct file *filep)
> +{
> +	struct vfio_group *group = filep->private_data;
> +
> +	BUG_ON(filep->f_op != &vfio_group_fops);

We usually reserve BUG_ON for situations where there is no way to
continue running or continuing will corrupt the running kernel.  Maybe
WARN_ON() and return?

-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell                    sfr@...b.auug.org.au

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