netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/2] arm64: insn: remove BUG

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Date:	Sun, 17 Jan 2016 19:15:40 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	zlim.lnx@...il.com
Cc:	will.deacon@....com, ast@...nel.org, catalin.marinas@....com,
	rabin@....in, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] arm64: insn: remove BUG_ON from codegen

From: Zi Shen Lim <zlim.lnx@...il.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2016 23:33:21 -0800

> During code generation, we used to BUG_ON unknown/unsupported encoding
> or invalid parameters.
> 
> Instead, now we report these as errors and simply return the
> instruction AARCH64_BREAK_FAULT. Users of these codegen helpers should
> check for and handle this failure condition as appropriate.
> 
> Otherwise, unhandled codegen failure will result in trapping at
> run-time due to AARCH64_BREAK_FAULT, which is arguably better than a
> BUG_ON.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Zi Shen Lim <zlim.lnx@...il.com>

Applied.