linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Make

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Message-ID: <20080520071458.707d6e90@infradead.org>
Date:	Tue, 20 May 2008 07:14:58 -0700
From:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>
To:	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>
Cc:	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Make

On Mon, 19 May 2008 23:24:48 -0400
Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com> wrote:

>  		printk(KERN_ERR "list_add corruption. next->prev
> should be " "prev (%p), but was %p. (next=%p).\n",
>  			prev, next->prev, next);
> -		BUG();
> +		WARN_ON(1);
>  	}


now that -mm has a WARN(condition, printk arguments), could we make
this use it? The advantage (apart from smaller C code) is that it puts
the printk inside the ---[ cut here ]--- which makes it more likely that
reporters (and kerneloops.org) get the actual text....

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