linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/8] drop if around WARN

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.02.1211041656580.1960@localhost6.localdomain6>
Date:	Sun, 4 Nov 2012 16:57:33 +0100 (CET)
From:	Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>
To:	Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@...il.com>
cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/8] drop if around WARN_ON

On Sun, 4 Nov 2012, Sasha Levin wrote:

> Hi Julia,
>
> On Sat, Nov 3, 2012 at 4:30 PM, Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...6.fr> wrote:
>> These patches convert a conditional with a simple test expression and a
>> then branch that only calls WARN_ON(1) to just a call to WARN_ON, which
>> will test the condition.
>>
>> // <smpl>
>> @@
>> expression e;
>> @@
>>
>> (
>> if(<+...e(...)...+>) WARN_ON(1);
>> |
>> - if (e) WARN_ON(1);
>> + WARN_ON(e);
>> )// </smpl>
>
> So this deals with WARN_ON(), are you considering doing the same for
> the rest of it's friends?

I tried WARN_ON_ONCE, but the pattern never occurred.  Are there others 
that are worth trying?

thanks,
julia
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