From: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> Use BUG_ON(x) rather than if(x) BUG(); The semantic patch that fixes this problem is as follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) // <smpl> @@ identifier x; @@ -if (x) BUG(); +BUG_ON(x); @@ identifier x; @@ -if (!x) BUG(); +BUG_ON(!x); // </smpl> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> --- kernel/sysctl.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff -u -p a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c --- a/kernel/sysctl.c +++ b/kernel/sysctl.c @@ -1600,8 +1600,7 @@ void sysctl_head_put(struct ctl_table_he struct ctl_table_header *sysctl_head_grab(struct ctl_table_header *head) { - if (!head) - BUG(); + BUG_ON(!head); spin_lock(&sysctl_lock); if (!use_table(head)) head = ERR_PTR(-ENOENT); -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html