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On Thu, 24 May 2007, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > i very much agree that this kmalloc_index() one shouldnt be called a > "BUG: ", but if you look at the majority of WARN_ON() instances they are > checks for clear, serious kernel bugs. I _still_ disagree. There's a huge difference between "You killed my father, prepare to die", and "Btw, I didn't like that, but I'll just continue". And that's the difference between BUG_ON() and WARN_ON(). And dammit, the kernel message should make that CLEAR. It's totally idiotic to call both "BUG". One is a clear BUG, the other is a "uhhuh, something unexpected happened, but I know how to continue". So stop this idiotic "we should call them both the same". If they actually were the same, they'd both be called BUG_ON(). Linus - 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/ | ||||||||||||
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