Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 9 Dec 2000 16:52:42 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 9 Dec 2000 16:52:33 -0500 Received: from pizda.ninka.net ([216.101.162.242]:11404 "EHLO pizda.ninka.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 9 Dec 2000 16:52:16 -0500 Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2000 13:05:44 -0800 Message-Id: <200012092105.NAA31335@pizda.ninka.net> From: "David S. Miller" To: matthew@hairy.beasts.org CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: (message from Matthew Kirkwood on Sat, 9 Dec 2000 21:16:51 +0000 (GMT)) Subject: Re: skbuff.c BUG() pedantry In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2000 21:16:51 +0000 (GMT) From: Matthew Kirkwood I guess it should probably be removed (or replace with a call to something which doesn't try to kill the attached process. BUG is supposed to give a backtrace, nothing more. If it happens to kill the machine too, so be it, state is corrupted anyways... Later, David S. Miller davem@redhat.com - 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/