linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] coding-style.rst: document BUG() and WARN() rules

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Message-ID: <87k05mgf5k.fsf@meer.lwn.net>
Date:   Thu, 29 Sep 2022 13:21:43 -0600
From:   Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To:     David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>,
        Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>,
        Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
        Dwaipayan Ray <dwaipayanray1@...il.com>,
        Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com>,
        Baoquan He <bhe@...hat.com>, Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>,
        Dave Young <dyoung@...hat.com>,
        Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...ux.intel.com>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>,
        Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>,
        Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@...il.com>,
        Kalle Valo <kvalo@...nel.org>, "Daniel K ." <daniel@...ded.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] coding-style.rst: document BUG() and WARN() rules

David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com> writes:

> As it seems to be rather unclear if/when to use BUG(), BUG_ON(),
> VM_BUG_ON(), WARN_ON_ONCE(), ... let's try to document the result of a
> recent discussion.
>
> Details can be found in patch #1.
>
> v1 -> v2:
> * "coding-style.rst: document BUG() and WARN() rules ("do not crash the
>    kernel")"
>  -> Minor rephrasing / reference fix [John]
>  -> Compile fix [Akira]
> * "powerpc/prom_init: drop PROM_BUG()"
>  -> Dropped because it will go upstream via a different tree
> * "checkpatch: warn on usage of VM_BUG_ON() and other BUG variants"
>  -> Rephrase warning message and remove trailing period [John+Joe]
>
> RFC -> v1:
> * "coding-style.rst: document BUG() and WARN() rules ("do not crash the
>    kernel")"
>  -> Rephrase/extend according to John
>  -> Add some details regarding the use of panic()
> * powerpc/prom_init: drop PROM_BUG()
>  -> Added
> * "checkpatch: warn on usage of VM_BUG_ON() and other BUG variants"
>  -> Warn on more variants

It seems we've talked ourselves out on this one, so I've gone ahead and
applied it.

Thanks,

jon