linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/5] break up slow_virt_to

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Message-ID: <20130411122944.GA27062@pd.tnic>
Date:	Thu, 11 Apr 2013 14:29:44 +0200
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	Dave Hansen <dave@...1.net>
Cc:	hpa@...ux.intel.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5] break up slow_virt_to_phys()

On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 04:32:54PM -0700, Dave Hansen wrote:
> +phys_addr_t slow_virt_to_phys(void *virt_addr)
> +{
> +	phys_addr_t result;
> +	int ret;
> +
> +	ret = kernel_lookup_vaddr(virt_addr, &result);
> +	BUG_ON(ret);

Isn't that BUG_ON still too harsh though? How about WARN_ON instead?
It would still create a lot of noise so that it gets fixed without
bringing down the system.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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