netdev - Re: >Re: [RFC] should VM_BUG_ON(cond) really evaluate cond

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Message-ID: <CA+55aFxzgc5pC1p6J8YADNDwmAjUYNRKLvir6OQMueWqUXOaEQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 28 Oct 2011 05:19:01 -0700
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: >Re: [RFC] should VM_BUG_ON(cond) really evaluate cond

On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 5:09 AM, Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com> wrote:
>
> What you describe is true for non atomic variables as well, its not part
> of the atomic_ops documented semantic.

Eric - your "documentation" is so much toilet paper. So don't bother
talkign about "documented semantics". Start talking about SANE
INTERFACES.

What I described is very much true of non-atomics. Nobody doubts that.

THE QUESTION IS WHETHER IT MAKES SENSE FOR ATOMICS, DAMMIT!

And quite frankly, the behavior I described does not seem to make any
sense for atomics.

"Sane interfaces" are important. Insane interfaces lead to bugs.

                      Linus
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