On Fri, 2007-12-14 at 12:02 -0600, Matt Mackall wrote: > > I added CONFIG_BUG, and I think the current behavior is correct. As > you've noticed, we have to evaluate condition, it may have > side-effects. And if code does: > > /* this indicates a driver bug, report and fail gracefully */ > if (WARN_ON(val == NULL)) > return -EFAULT; > > ..we surely want it to continue returning -EFAULT, regardless of > whether we log it, no? What use case did you have in mind?
I find such code totally distateful. Ben. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/