linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 02/20] staging: wfx: add support for I/O access

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Message-ID: <20190919164029.GA4045207@kroah.com>
Date:   Thu, 19 Sep 2019 18:40:29 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Cc:     Jerome Pouiller <Jerome.Pouiller@...abs.com>,
        "devel@...verdev.osuosl.org" <devel@...verdev.osuosl.org>,
        "linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org" <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        David Le Goff <David.Legoff@...abs.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/20] staging: wfx: add support for I/O access

On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 06:34:29PM +0200, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 10:52:35AM +0000, Jerome Pouiller wrote:
> > +static int wfx_sdio_copy_from_io(void *priv, unsigned int reg_id,
> > +				 void *dst, size_t count)
> > +{
> > +	struct wfx_sdio_priv *bus = priv;
> > +	unsigned int sdio_addr = reg_id << 2;
> > +	int ret;
> > +
> > +	BUG_ON(reg_id > 7);
> 
> Hi Jerome
> 
> BUG_ON should only be used when the system is corrupted, and there is
> no alternative than to stop the machine, so it does not further
> corrupt itself. Accessing a register which does not exist is not a
> reason the kill the machine. A WARN() and a return of -EINVAL would be
> better.

dev_warn() is even better.

But that's one reason this is going into staging I guess :)

thanks,

greg k-h