linux-kernel - [PATCH] ipv4: icmp: use BUG_ON instead of if condition followed by BUG

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Date:   Mon, 23 Oct 2017 13:08:14 -0500
From:   "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <garsilva@...eddedor.com>
To:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Alexey Kuznetsov <kuznet@....inr.ac.ru>,
        Hideaki YOSHIFUJI <yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <garsilva@...eddedor.com>
Subject: [PATCH] ipv4: icmp: use BUG_ON instead of if condition followed by
 BUG

Use BUG_ON instead of if condition followed by BUG in icmp_timestamp.

This issue was detected with the help of Coccinelle.

Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <garsilva@...eddedor.com>
---
 net/ipv4/icmp.c | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/icmp.c b/net/ipv4/icmp.c
index 3c1570d..1617604 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/icmp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/icmp.c
@@ -968,8 +968,9 @@ static bool icmp_timestamp(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	 */
 	icmp_param.data.times[1] = inet_current_timestamp();
 	icmp_param.data.times[2] = icmp_param.data.times[1];
-	if (skb_copy_bits(skb, 0, &icmp_param.data.times[0], 4))
-		BUG();
+
+	BUG_ON(skb_copy_bits(skb, 0, &icmp_param.data.times[0], 4));
+
 	icmp_param.data.icmph	   = *icmp_hdr(skb);
 	icmp_param.data.icmph.type = ICMP_TIMESTAMPREPLY;
 	icmp_param.data.icmph.code = 0;
-- 
2.7.4