linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] avoid crashing the kernel

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Date:   Mon, 27 Sep 2021 16:15:21 +0300
From:   Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:     Michael Estner <michaelestner@....de>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>,
        linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] avoid crashing the kernel

Missing patch prefix.

On Sat, Sep 25, 2021 at 10:04:30PM +0200, Michael Estner wrote:
> To avoid chrashing the kernel I use WARN_ON instead.
> 

This is not actually the difference at all.  You are doing something
without really understand it.  If we wanted to, we could do this
automically with a Perl script but it really is better if someone can
look at it and think about it a bit.

regards,
dan carpenter