On Saturday 29 November 2008, Hans Verkuil wrote: > > > Are there some documented guidelines on when to use BUG_ON? > > > > Maybe there should be. I know I've seen flames from Linus on > > the topic. Basically, treat it like a panic() where the system > > must stop operation lest it catch fire or scribble all over the > > (not-backed-up) disk ... if the system can keep running sanely, > > then BUG() and friends are inappropriate. > > I think it would be good to have some document about this, since > from what I've seen from a quick scan I'm not the only one who uses > it incorrectly. There is no documentation in the asm-generic/bug.h > header and there is also no documentation on this in the Documentation > directory. Fair enough ... but the basic advice is still going to be "strongly avoid ever calling BUG()". I'll send a patch along doing that. - Dave -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-omap" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
