Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 11 Feb 2001 15:34:12 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 11 Feb 2001 15:34:02 -0500 Received: from router-100M.swansea.linux.org.uk ([194.168.151.17]:19470 "EHLO the-village.bc.nu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 11 Feb 2001 15:33:48 -0500 Subject: Re: 2.4.2-pre3 compile error in 6pack.c To: manfred@colorfullife.com (Manfred Spraul) Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 20:33:27 +0000 (GMT) Cc: jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com (Jeff Garzik), tao@acc.umu.se (David Weinehall), alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk (Alan Cox), nicku@vtc.edu.hk (Nick Urbanik), linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org (Kernel list) In-Reply-To: <3A86F556.8A5BAB7B@colorfullife.com> from "Manfred Spraul" at Feb 11, 2001 09:25:58 PM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL1] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: From: Alan Cox Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > > printk a message and fail the call. Don't panic. > > Perhaps add a compile time warning, similar to __bad_udelay(); > The BUG is a bad idea. They are all dynamic allocations - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/