linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ARM: EXYNOS: use BUG

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Date:	Mon, 12 Nov 2012 16:12:29 +0100
From:	Maarten Lankhorst <m.b.lankhorst@...il.com>
To:	Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@...cle.com>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Kukjin Kim <kgene.kim@...sung.com>,
	Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-samsung-soc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ARM: EXYNOS: use BUG_ON where possible

Op 08-11-12 21:23, Sasha Levin schreef:
> Just use BUG_ON() instead of constructions such as:
>
> 	if (...)
> 		BUG()
>
> A simplified version of the semantic patch that makes this transformation
> is as follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/)
>
> // <smpl>
> @@
> expression e;
> @@
> - if (e) BUG();
> + BUG_ON(e);
> // </smpl>
>
> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@...cle.com>
> ---
>  arch/arm/mach-exynos/common.c |    6 ++----
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-exynos/common.c b/arch/arm/mach-exynos/common.c
> index 4e577f6..6a55a5a 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/mach-exynos/common.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/mach-exynos/common.c
> @@ -465,10 +465,8 @@ static void __init combiner_cascade_irq(unsigned int combiner_nr, unsigned int i
>  	else
>  		max_nr = EXYNOS4_MAX_COMBINER_NR;
>  
> -	if (combiner_nr >= max_nr)
> -		BUG();
> -	if (irq_set_handler_data(irq, &combiner_data[combiner_nr]) != 0)
> -		BUG();
> +	BUG_ON(combiner_nr >= max_nr);
> +	BUG_ON(irq_set_handler_data(irq, &combiner_data[combiner_nr]) != 0);
Is it really a good idea to put functions that perform work in a BUG_ON?
I don't know, but for some reason it just feels wrong. I'd expect code to
compile fine if BUG_ON was a noop, so doing verification calls only, not
actual work..

~Maarten
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