Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754019AbXJVPXT (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Oct 2007 11:23:19 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752026AbXJVPXL (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Oct 2007 11:23:11 -0400 Received: from rv-out-0910.google.com ([209.85.198.186]:23208 "EHLO rv-out-0910.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751460AbXJVPXK (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Oct 2007 11:23:10 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references:x-google-sender-auth; b=c8pGZpxmj9RgLxbSBRLJQxbGi3DN3jjXh6JDwYea5ndMwY4g7GNYnJ169KHx4Seg+OWWDSgntriKuaSqRi9LT+i4X5XT0LqS3A1zeJisPpdk1BSjmSHO0H3GGMcLzptf0Y0mKipqR0DwC3fOtpdYWUgqRI0K5U5j/e7COL7z2x8= Message-ID: <84144f020710220823r258d6401t634bfbe130b43413@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2007 18:23:09 +0300 From: "Pekka Enberg" To: "Rik van Riel" Subject: Re: [PATCH] return hidden bug Cc: "Roel Kluin" <12o3l@tiscali.nl>, lkml In-Reply-To: <20071022111904.72f54ab9@bree.surriel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <471BF741.2020501@tiscali.nl> <20071021214209.1a7567d7@bree.surriel.com> <84144f020710220230t24d95470o7cabec4450e68814@mail.gmail.com> <20071022111904.72f54ab9@bree.surriel.com> X-Google-Sender-Auth: 8f1673491b872c1f Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 656 Lines: 15 Hi Rik, On 10/22/07, Rik van Riel wrote: > On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 12:30:00 +0300 > I guess people who disable CONFIG_BUG really choose to shoot themselves > in the foot when something bad happens. The kernel is full of error > paths where the current thread really should not be continuing. Sure, if you disable BUG_ON, it may or may not work. But making it *worse* on purpose seems pointless. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/