linux-kernel - Re: query on fixing checkpatch BUG() variants warning

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Date:   Sun, 16 Oct 2022 21:40:23 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Deepak R Varma <drv@...lo.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev,
        kumarpraveen@...ux.microsoft.com, saurabh.truth@...il.com
Subject: Re: query on fixing checkpatch BUG() variants warning

On Sun, Oct 16, 2022 at 02:32:08PM -0400, Deepak R Varma wrote:
> Hello,
> I am participating in Outreachy program for Dec 2022. Could you please suggest
> if I should explore resolving following checkpatch warning reported by
> driver/stagning/most/*/*.c files?
> 
> Do not crash the kernel unless it is absolutely unavoidable--use WARN_ON_ONCE() plus recovery code (if feasible) instead of BUG() or variants
> 

Feel free to work on whatever you want, it's not up to us to tell you
what to do :)

Good luck!

greg k-h