Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 6 Dec 2001 16:09:16 +0100 (CET) | From | Kai Germaschewski <> | Subject | Re: Fwd: binutils in debian unstable is broken. |
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On Wed, 5 Dec 2001, Eric Lammerts wrote:
> We can get a panic() call (and remove the ugly #ifdef's) with > something like this: > > in some .h file: > > #ifdef DEVEXIT_LINKED > #define DEVEXIT_FUNC(a) (a) > #else > void panic_exit_code(); > #define DEVEXIT_FUNC(a) ((typeof((a)) *)panic_exit_code) > #endif
I definitely prefer this kind of encapsulation over #ifdef DEVEXIT_LINKED everywhere, it's still ugly, though.
However, I don't see much advantage of panic_exit_code() over a simple NULL. Actually, NULL will only oops, but not take the machine down, which makes it easier to catch and report the Oops. (Not everyone who's box crashes under X will setup a serial console).
--Kai
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