linux-kernel - Re: [tip:core/urgent] WARN_ON_SMP(): Add comment to explain ({0;})

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Date:	Tue, 29 Mar 2011 09:30:37 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
Cc:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	richard -rw- weinberger <richard.weinberger@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mingo@...hat.com,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, srostedt@...hat.com,
	tglx@...utronix.de, linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [tip:core/urgent] WARN_ON_SMP(): Add comment to explain ({0;})


* Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 11:09:00AM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> > Geeze, I never expected such a fuss over a simple change ;)
> 
> And it's still broken ;-)
> 
> WARN_ON_SMP(x) should expand to x, not 0.

Dunno, we really do not want to *guarantee* side-effects in WARN_ON() 
constructs.

Thanks,

	Ingo
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