linux-kernel - [RFC PATCH 10/10] posix-timers: Convert abuses of BUG_ON to WARN

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Date:	Sat, 12 Oct 2013 21:06:26 +0200
From:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
To:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
	Kosaki Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: [RFC PATCH 10/10] posix-timers: Convert abuses of BUG_ON to WARN_ON

The posix cpu timers code makes a heavy use of BUG_ON()
but none of these concern fatal issues that require
to stop the machine. So let's just warn the user when
some internal state slips out of our hands.

Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Cc: Kosaki Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
---
 kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c | 10 +++++-----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c b/kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c
index a9d400e..319328b 100644
--- a/kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c
+++ b/kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ static int posix_cpu_timer_del(struct k_itimer *timer)
 		 * We raced with the reaping of the task.
 		 * The deletion should have cleared us off the list.
 		 */
-		BUG_ON(!list_empty(&timer->it.cpu.entry));
+		WARN_ON_ONCE(!list_empty(&timer->it.cpu.entry));
 	} else {
 		if (timer->it.cpu.firing)
 			ret = TIMER_RETRY;
@@ -639,7 +639,7 @@ static int posix_cpu_timer_set(struct k_itimer *timer, int timer_flags,
 	/*
 	 * Disarm any old timer after extracting its expiry time.
 	 */
-	BUG_ON(!irqs_disabled());
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(!irqs_disabled());
 
 	ret = 0;
 	old_incr = timer->it.cpu.incr;
@@ -1058,7 +1058,7 @@ void posix_cpu_timer_schedule(struct k_itimer *timer)
 	/*
 	 * Now re-arm for the new expiry time.
 	 */
-	BUG_ON(!irqs_disabled());
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(!irqs_disabled());
 	arm_timer(timer);
 
 out_unlock:
@@ -1147,7 +1147,7 @@ void run_posix_cpu_timers(struct task_struct *tsk)
 	struct k_itimer *timer, *next;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
-	BUG_ON(!irqs_disabled());
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(!irqs_disabled());
 
 	/*
 	 * The fast path checks that there are no expired thread or thread
@@ -1221,7 +1221,7 @@ void set_process_cpu_timer(struct task_struct *tsk, unsigned int clock_idx,
 {
 	unsigned long long now;
 
-	BUG_ON(clock_idx == CPUCLOCK_SCHED);
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(clock_idx == CPUCLOCK_SCHED);
 	cpu_timer_sample_group(clock_idx, tsk, &now);
 
 	if (oldval) {
-- 
1.8.3.1

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