On 4/26/07, Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
is there (or can there be) a prescribed standard for assertions in kernel code? as it stands, include/asm-generic/bug.h defines the following debugging directives: BUG() BUG_ON(condition) WARN_ON(condition) WARN_ON_ONCE(condition)
these are really the only things people should be using
which, you would think, would be sufficient to cover the majority of needs. and yet, loads of people insist on defining some variation of an assertion for their code:
usually fall out from people who had custom assert/debug code and didnt know about the BUG/WARN macros -mike -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
