linux-kernel - Re: [x86] BUG()/BUG_ON() macros cannot be disabled

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Message-ID: <cb93221b-d4b3-d442-7c8d-97022cfdbe80@tu-dortmund.de>
Date:   Tue, 25 Sep 2018 14:58:26 +0200
From:   Alexander Lochmann <alexander.lochmann@...dortmund.de>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:     linux-arch <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [x86] BUG()/BUG_ON() macros cannot be disabled



Am 25.09.2018 um 14:20 schrieb Arnd Bergmann:
> 
> I think it's the most reasonable implementation, otherwise a
> function like
> 
> int something(void)
> {
>       if (x)
>          return 0;
>      else
>           BUG();
> }
> 
> will return an uninitialized value.
> 
> The arch specific implementations usually just contain a trapping
> instruction. With CONFIG_BUG() you get a nice console output
> that indicates where this happened, but without CONFIG_BUG(),
> this is just reported as an invalid instruction (if CONFIG_PRINTK
> is still enabled), killing the current process.
> 
>        Arnd
> 
I see. In that case, you should really update the documentation and help
page of CONFIG_BUG. In its current version it is misleading. It can be
understood as 'It disables that macro completely.'.

Although I know what the purpose of BUG()/BUG_ON() is, I would not
consider the above example as valid C code....
Defining BUG as an endless loop to overcome GCC warnings about not
returning a value is a dirty hack for me.

- Alex

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