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Subject: [PATCH v1 3/3] checkpatch: warn on usage of VM_BUG_ON() and other BUG variants
Date:   Tue, 20 Sep 2022 14:23:02 +0200
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checkpatch does not point out that VM_BUG_ON() and friends should be
avoided, however, Linus notes:

    VM_BUG_ON() has the exact same semantics as BUG_ON. It is literally
    no different, the only difference is "we can make the code smaller
    because these are less important". [1]

So let's warn on VM_BUG_ON() and other BUG variants as well. While at it,
make it clearer that the kernel really shouldn't be crashed.

As there are some subsystem BUG macros that actually don't end up crashing
the kernel -- for example, KVM_BUG_ON() -- exclude these manually.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/r/CAHk-=wg40EAZofO16Eviaj7mfqDhZ2gVEbvfsMf6gYzspRjYvw@mail.gmail.com

Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 79e759aac543..21f3a79aa46f 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -4695,12 +4695,12 @@ sub process {
 			}
 		}
 
-# avoid BUG() or BUG_ON()
-		if ($line =~ /\b(?:BUG|BUG_ON)\b/) {
+# do not use BUG() or variants
+		if ($line =~ /\b(?!AA_|BUILD_|DCCP_|IDA_|KVM_|RWLOCK_|snd_|SPIN_)(?:[a-zA-Z_]*_)?BUG(?:_ON)?(?:_[A-Z_]+)?\s*\(/) {
 			my $msg_level = \&WARN;
 			$msg_level = \&CHK if ($file);
 			&{$msg_level}("AVOID_BUG",
-				      "Avoid crashing the kernel - try using WARN_ON & recovery code rather than BUG() or BUG_ON()\n" . $herecurr);
+				      "Do not crash the kernel unless it is unavoidable - use WARN_ON_ONCE & recovery code (if reasonable) rather than BUG() or variants.\n" . $herecurr);
 		}
 
 # avoid LINUX_VERSION_CODE
-- 
2.37.3