linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH/RFC] Deprecate BUG/BUG_ON in favour of BUG_AND_HALT/BUG_AND_HALT

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Message-ID: <5368AE39.1030402@nod.at>
Date:	Tue, 06 May 2014 11:41:13 +0200
From:	Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CC:	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC] Deprecate BUG/BUG_ON in favour of BUG_AND_HALT/BUG_AND_HALT_ON



Am 06.05.2014 11:35, schrieb Ingo Molnar:
> 
> * Richard Weinberger <richard@....at> wrote:
> 
>>>> I like the idea but not the name.
>>>> What about DIE() and DIE_ON()?
>>>
>>> CRASH_ON() might be a suggestive name as well, as from the user's 
>>> point of view we are crashing her system.
>>
>> I fear such users will think "Why should I crash the kernel?". ;-)
> 
> That's exactly the impression that the naming should create in kernel 
> developers why try to add CRASH_ON() in the future: only do it as an 
> absolute last resort.
> 
> WARN_ON() and other non-destructive ways to deal with error conditions 
> are almost always preferred.

Yeah, I was actually referring to the joke where one asks to remove all BUG() and BUG_ON() to
make the kernel bug free.

Thanks,
//richard
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