linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] net: xfrm_user: use BUG_ON instead of if condition followed by BUG

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Date:   Thu, 26 Oct 2017 05:47:45 -0500
From:   "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <garsilva@...eddedor.com>
To:     Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Cc:     Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: xfrm_user: use BUG_ON instead of if condition
 followed by BUG

Hi Herbert,

Quoting Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>:

> On Wed, Oct 25, 2017 at 07:38:35PM -0500, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
>>
>> I don't think we want something like:
>>
>> bool err;
>>
>> err = build_spdinfo(r_skb, net, sportid, seq, *flags) < 0 ? true : false;
>> BUG_ON(err);
>
> How about
>
> 	int err;
>
> 	err = build_spdinfo(r_skb, net, sportid, seq, *flags);
> 	BUG_ON(err < 0);
>

I like it.

Thanks
--
Gustavo A. R. Silva