linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH linux-next] net: bonding: bond_alb: Replace if (cond) BUG() with BUG

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Date:   Mon, 30 Aug 2021 10:36:08 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     CGEL <cgel.zte@...il.com>
Cc:     Jay Vosburgh <j.vosburgh@...il.com>,
        Veaceslav Falico <vfalico@...il.com>,
        Andy Gospodarek <andy@...yhouse.net>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Changcheng Deng <deng.changcheng@....com.cn>,
        Zeal Robot <zealci@....com.cn>
Subject: Re: [PATCH linux-next] net: bonding: bond_alb: Replace if (cond)
 BUG() with BUG_ON()

On Fri, 27 Aug 2021 18:02:30 -0700 CGEL wrote:
> From: Changcheng Deng <deng.changcheng@....com.cn>
> 
> Fix the following coccinelle reports:
> 
> ./drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c:976:3-6 WARNING: Use BUG_ON instead of
> if condition followed by BUG.
> 
> Reported-by: Zeal Robot <zealci@....com.cn>
> Signed-off-by: Changcheng Deng <deng.changcheng@....com.cn>
> ---
>  drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c | 3 +--
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c
> index 7d3752c..3288022 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c
> @@ -972,8 +972,7 @@ static int alb_upper_dev_walk(struct net_device *upper,
>  	 */
>  	if (netif_is_macvlan(upper) && !strict_match) {
>  		tags = bond_verify_device_path(bond->dev, upper, 0);
> -		if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(tags))
> -			BUG();
> +		BUG_ON(IS_ERR_OR_NULL(tags));
>  		alb_send_lp_vid(slave, upper->dev_addr,
>  				tags[0].vlan_proto, tags[0].vlan_id);
>  		kfree(tags);

The fact this code using is BUG() in the first place is more problematic
than not using BUG_ON(). Can it be converted to WARN_ON() + return?
Looks like alb_upper_dev_walk() returns int.