linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] docs: deprecated.rst: Add BUG()-family

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Message-ID: <20200320172627.6532fda9@lwn.net>
Date:   Fri, 20 Mar 2020 17:26:27 -0600
From:   Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc:     "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavo@...eddedor.com>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs: deprecated.rst: Add BUG()-family

On Sat, 14 Mar 2020 15:29:50 -0700
Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> wrote:

> Linus continues to remind[1] people to stop using the BUG()-family of
> functions. We should have this better documented (even if checkpatch.pl
> has been warning[2] since 2015), so add more details to deprecated.rst,
> as a distinct place to point people to for guidance.
> 
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAHk-=whDHsbK3HTOpTF=ue_o04onRwTEaK_ZoJp_fjbqq4+=Jw@mail.gmail.com/
> [2] https://git.kernel.org/linus/9d3e3c705eb395528fd8f17208c87581b134da48
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
> ---
>  Documentation/process/deprecated.rst | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 22 insertions(+)

Applied, thanks.

jon