linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm/mmap: replace if (cond) BUG() with BUG

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Date:   Tue, 5 Jan 2021 20:28:27 -0800 (PST)
From:   Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>
To:     Alex Shi <alex.shi@...ux.alibaba.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
cc:     Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>,
        Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm/mmap: replace if (cond) BUG() with BUG_ON()

On Sat, 12 Dec 2020, Alex Shi wrote:
> 
> I'm very sorry, a typo here. the patch should be updated:
> 
> From ed4fa1c6d5bed5766c5f0c35af0c597855d7be06 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Alex Shi <alex.shi@...ux.alibaba.com>
> Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2020 21:26:46 +0800
> Subject: [PATCH] mm/mmap: replace if (cond) BUG() with BUG_ON()
> 
> coccinelle reports some warnings:
> WARNING: Use BUG_ON instead of if condition followed by BUG.
> 
> It could be fixed by BUG_ON().
> 
> Reported-by: abaci@...ux.alibaba.com
> Signed-off-by: Alex Shi <alex.shi@...ux.alibaba.com>

When diffing mmotm just now, I was sorry to find this: NAK.

Alex, please consider why the authors of these lines (whom you
did not Cc) chose to write them without BUG_ON(): it has always
been preferred practice to use BUG_ON() on predicates, but not on
functionally effective statements (sorry, I've forgotten the proper
term: I'd say statements with side-effects, but here they are not
just side-effects: they are their main purpose).

We prefer not to hide those away inside BUG macros: please fix your
"abaci" to respect kernel style here - unless it turns out that the
kernel has moved away from that, and it's me who's behind the times.

Andrew, if you agree, please drop
mm-mmap-replace-if-cond-bug-with-bug_on.patch
from your stack.

(And did Minchan really Ack it? I see an Ack from Minchan to a
similar mm/zsmalloc patch: which surprises me, but is Minchan's
business not mine; but that patch is not in mmotm.)

On the whole, I think there are far too many patches submitted,
where Developer B chooses to rewrite a line to their own preference,
without respecting that Author A chose to write it in another way.
That's great when it really does improve readability, but often not.

Thanks,
Hugh

> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
> Cc: linux-mm@...ck.org
> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> ---
>  mm/mmap.c | 22 ++++++++--------------
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
> index 8144fc3c5a78..107fa91bb59f 100644
> --- a/mm/mmap.c
> +++ b/mm/mmap.c
> @@ -712,9 +712,8 @@ static void __insert_vm_struct(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
>  	struct vm_area_struct *prev;
>  	struct rb_node **rb_link, *rb_parent;
>  
> -	if (find_vma_links(mm, vma->vm_start, vma->vm_end,
> -			   &prev, &rb_link, &rb_parent))
> -		BUG();
> +	BUG_ON(find_vma_links(mm, vma->vm_start, vma->vm_end,
> +			   &prev, &rb_link, &rb_parent));
>  	__vma_link(mm, vma, prev, rb_link, rb_parent);
>  	mm->map_count++;
>  }
> @@ -3585,9 +3584,8 @@ static void vm_lock_anon_vma(struct mm_struct *mm, struct anon_vma *anon_vma)
>  		 * can't change from under us thanks to the
>  		 * anon_vma->root->rwsem.
>  		 */
> -		if (__test_and_set_bit(0, (unsigned long *)
> -				       &anon_vma->root->rb_root.rb_root.rb_node))
> -			BUG();
> +		BUG_ON(__test_and_set_bit(0, (unsigned long *)
> +			&anon_vma->root->rb_root.rb_root.rb_node));
>  	}
>  }
>  
> @@ -3603,8 +3601,7 @@ static void vm_lock_mapping(struct mm_struct *mm, struct address_space *mapping)
>  		 * mm_all_locks_mutex, there may be other cpus
>  		 * changing other bitflags in parallel to us.
>  		 */
> -		if (test_and_set_bit(AS_MM_ALL_LOCKS, &mapping->flags))
> -			BUG();
> +		BUG_ON(test_and_set_bit(AS_MM_ALL_LOCKS, &mapping->flags));
>  		down_write_nest_lock(&mapping->i_mmap_rwsem, &mm->mmap_lock);
>  	}
>  }
> @@ -3701,9 +3698,8 @@ static void vm_unlock_anon_vma(struct anon_vma *anon_vma)
>  		 * can't change from under us until we release the
>  		 * anon_vma->root->rwsem.
>  		 */
> -		if (!__test_and_clear_bit(0, (unsigned long *)
> -					  &anon_vma->root->rb_root.rb_root.rb_node))
> -			BUG();
> +		BUG_ON(!__test_and_clear_bit(0, (unsigned long *)
> +				&anon_vma->root->rb_root.rb_root.rb_node));
>  		anon_vma_unlock_write(anon_vma);
>  	}
>  }
> @@ -3716,9 +3712,7 @@ static void vm_unlock_mapping(struct address_space *mapping)
>  		 * because we hold the mm_all_locks_mutex.
>  		 */
>  		i_mmap_unlock_write(mapping);
> -		if (!test_and_clear_bit(AS_MM_ALL_LOCKS,
> -					&mapping->flags))
> -			BUG();
> +		BUG_ON(!test_and_clear_bit(AS_MM_ALL_LOCKS, &mapping->flags));
>  	}
>  }
>  
> -- 
> 2.29.GIT