netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 2/3] net: openvswitch: refactor flow free function

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Date:   Mon, 24 Aug 2020 06:09:26 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     xiangxia.m.yue@...il.com
Cc:     pshelar@....org, xiyou.wangcong@...il.com, dev@...nvswitch.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 2/3] net: openvswitch: refactor flow free
 function

From: xiangxia.m.yue@...il.com
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2020 15:36:01 +0800

> To avoid a bug when deleting flows in the future, add
> BUG_ON in flush flows function.

BUG_ON() is too severe, I think WARN_ON() or similar are sufficient
because the kernel can try to continue operating if this condition is
detected.

And you can force the values to zero in such a situation.

Thank you.