linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 23/33] subarch TLB support

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Date:	Tue, 18 Jul 2006 13:39:24 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	chrisw@...s-sol.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, virtualization@...ts.osdl.org,
	xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com, jeremy@...p.org, ak@...e.de,
	akpm@...l.org, rusty@...tcorp.com.au, zach@...are.com,
	ian.pratt@...source.com, Christian.Limpach@...cam.ac.uk
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 23/33] subarch TLB support

From: Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 00:00:23 -0700

> +        BUG_ON(HYPERVISOR_mmuext_op(&op, 1, NULL, DOMID_SELF) < 0);

Although it happens to work currently, I think we should get out of
the habit of putting operations with wanted side effects into BUG_ON()
calls.  The following is therefore more preferable:

	ret = HYPERVISOR_mmuext_op(&op, 1, NULL, DOMID_SELF);
	BUG_ON(ret < 0);

If this were ASSERT() in userspace, turning off debugging at build
time would make the evaluations inside of the macro never occur.  It
is my opinion that BUG_ON() should behave similarly.

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