linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next 4/4] net: ipa: activate some commented assertions

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Date:   Fri, 19 Mar 2021 19:32:31 +0100
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Alex Elder <elder@...aro.org>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org, bjorn.andersson@...aro.org,
        evgreen@...omium.org, cpratapa@...eaurora.org, elder@...nel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 4/4] net: ipa: activate some commented assertions

> @@ -212,7 +213,7 @@ static inline u32 ipa_reg_bcr_val(enum ipa_version version)
>  			BCR_HOLB_DROP_L2_IRQ_FMASK |
>  			BCR_DUAL_TX_FMASK;
>  
> -	/* assert(version != IPA_VERSION_4_5); */
> +	ipa_assert(NULL, version != IPA_VERSION_4_5);

Hi Alex

It is impossible to see just looking what the NULL means. And given
its the first parameter, it should be quite important. I find this API
pretty bad.

    Andrew