Re: if(function()) BUG(); still bad?

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On Mon, Dec 03, 2007 at 01:20:20AM +0100, Roel Kluin wrote:
> for instance in a patch I saw this:
> 
> > +		if (__blk_end_request(rq, 0, 0))
> > +			BUG();
> >  		spin_unlock(q->queue_lock);
> 
> If it's still bad, what should the fix be? (I'll write a script and post
> patches)

This one should not be converted to a BUG_ON.  We always want to call
__blk_end_request(), whether we have CONFIG_BUG or not.  This case just
wants to test the return value.

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