linux-kernel - Re: [2/3] 2.6.22-rc2: known regressions v2

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Date:	Thu, 24 May 2007 10:12:14 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com>
cc:	Michal Piotrowski <michal.k.k.piotrowski@...il.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Cherwin R. Nooitmeer" <cherwin@...il.com>,
	linux-pcmcia@...ts.infradead.org,
	Robert de Rooy <robert.de.rooy@...il.com>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...hat.com>, Tejun Heo <htejun@...il.com>,
	sparclinux@...r.kernel.org, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Mikael Pettersson <mikpe@...uu.se>,
	linux1394-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>,
	Kristian Høgsberg <krh@...planet.net>,
	linux-pm@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>, Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>,
	Marcus Better <marcus@...ter.se>,
	Andrey Borzenkov <arvidjaar@...l.ru>,
	linux-usb-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Subject: Re: [2/3] 2.6.22-rc2: known regressions v2



On Thu, 24 May 2007, Christoph Lameter wrote:
>
> On Thu, 24 May 2007, Michal Piotrowski wrote:
> 
> > Memory management
> > 
> > Subject    : kernel BUG at include/linux/slub_def.h:88 kmalloc_index()
> > References : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8476
> > Submitter  : Cherwin R. Nooitmeer <cherwin@...il.com>
> > Status     : Unknown
> 
> 
> Looks like this is in DRM code:
> 
> BUG: at include/linux/slub_def.h:88 kmalloc_index()

I'm going to change that "BUG:" to "WARNING:". 

I know some people disagreed with it (ie Ingo), but I think that's total 
and utter bullshit.

It's a warning. Right now that "BUG:" message makes people all scared 
about something that is not fatal at all, just a note that something 
hasn't been converted, but is expected to work absolutely fine.

Calling it a bug is idiotic.

			Linus
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