linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: kprobes change kprobe

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Date:	Wed, 2 Jan 2008 21:23:15 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Abhishek Sagar <sagar.abhishek@...il.com>
Cc:	Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...hat.com>,
	Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@...il.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, qbarnes@...il.com,
	ananth@...ibm.com, jkenisto@...ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: kprobes change kprobe_handler flow


* Abhishek Sagar <sagar.abhishek@...il.com> wrote:

> > > +     default:
> > > +             /* impossible cases */
> > > +             BUG();
> >
> > I think no need to check that here.
> 
> It may not get hit at runtime but is quite informative.

sidenote: please use WARN_ON(1) instead. In the case of the impossible 
triggering somehow (the Linux kernel is notorious for that ;-), we'd 
have a nice WARN_ON(1) in the dmesg, instead of a crashed box.

	Ingo
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