On Fri, Sep 8, 2017 at 8:08 PM, Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, Sep 08, 2017 at 07:38:18PM +0530, Srishti Sharma wrote: >> Use WARN_ON() instead of BUG_ON() to avoid crashing the kernel. >> >> Signed-off-by: Srishti Sharma <srishtishar@xxxxxxxxx> >> --- >> drivers/staging/media/omap4iss/iss.c | 2 +- >> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) >> >> diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/omap4iss/iss.c b/drivers/staging/media/omap4iss/iss.c >> index c26c99fd..b1036ba 100644 >> --- a/drivers/staging/media/omap4iss/iss.c >> +++ b/drivers/staging/media/omap4iss/iss.c >> @@ -893,7 +893,7 @@ void omap4iss_put(struct iss_device *iss) >> return; >> >> mutex_lock(&iss->iss_mutex); >> - BUG_ON(iss->ref_count == 0); >> + WARN_ON(iss->ref_count == 0); > > ref_counting bugs often have a security aspect. BUG_ON() is probably > safer here. Better to crash than to lose all your bitcoin. Okay, Thanks for this. Regards, Srishti > > regards, > dan carpenter >
