-----Parav Pandit <parav@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: ----- >To: Bart Van Assche <Bart.VanAssche@xxxxxxx>, "bmt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx" ><bmt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "linux-rdma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" ><linux-rdma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >From: Parav Pandit <parav@xxxxxxxxxxxx> >Date: 10/06/2017 06:05PM >Subject: RE: [PATCH v2 06/13] SoftiWarp connection management > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Bart Van Assche [mailto:Bart.VanAssche@xxxxxxx] > >> Sent: Friday, October 06, 2017 10:32 AM > >> To: bmt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Parav Pandit <parav@xxxxxxxxxxxx>; linux- > >> rdma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 06/13] SoftiWarp connection management > >> > >> On Fri, 2017-10-06 at 14:59 +0000, Parav Pandit wrote: > >> > > + BUG_ON(!cep); > >> > > >> > Do you need BUG_ON or can be converted to WARN__ and return? > >> > >> Hello Bernard and Parav, > >> > >> Using BUG_ON() in new code is considered unacceptable. See e.g. >Linus > >> Torvalds, > > > >Yes. However checkpatch.pl shows that as warning instead of error. > >It may be worth to change to report that as an error to reflect what >Linus mentioned in [1]. > >That allows to catch it even before patch gets posted. > > > >[1] >https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lkml.org_lkml_20 >16_10_4_1&d=DwIGaQ&c=jf_iaSHvJObTbx-siA1ZOg&r=2TaYXQ0T-r8ZO1PP1alNwU_ >QJcRRLfmYTAgd3QCvqSc&m=tbMVPXruAkltYA5JPtSz_QBfl52SZgEMaghx4r6U_Sc&s= >ayQywk_3kHdY_lD0Nr7WPolhVaE9qQKXQ08ilhemILI&e= > > > While I found it useful, I am going to remove all BUG() and friends statements. Thanks, Bernard. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-rdma" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html