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SubjectRe: [PATCH] net/packet: remove dead code and unneeded variable from prb_setup_retire_blk_timer()
On Tue, 15 Nov 2011, Ryan Mallon wrote:

> On 15/11/11 10:37, Jesper Juhl wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 14 Nov 2011, Ryan Mallon wrote:
> >
> >> On 14/11/11 08:55, Jesper Juhl wrote:
> >>
> >>> We test for 'tx_ring' being != zero and BUG() if that's the case. So after
> >>> that check there is no way that 'tx_ring' could be anything _but_ zero, so
> >>> testing it again is just dead code. Once that dead code is removed, the
> >>> 'pkc' local variable becomes entirely redundant, so remove that as well.
> >>
> >>
> >> What if CONFIG_BUG=n?
> >>
> >
> > Arrgh, I didn't consider that (should have, but didn't).. In that case
> > we'll have
> > #define BUG() do {} while(0)
> > which is not going to work all that peachy with my change...
> >
> > David: You may want to pass on this one. I obviously didn't think it
> > through properly - sorry :-(
> >
>
>
> It's something I've never been entirely clear on. How are you meant to
> handle something which really is a fatal bug if CONFIG_BUG=n?
>
> I think there are several places in the kernel where the expectation is
> that BUG() causes a panic that probably don't behave nicely at all
> (though I guess that might be the expected behaviour) if CONFIG_BUG=n.
>
You have a point. Perhaps the proper solution would be to remove
CONFIG_BUG so that it is always enabled...? As you say, if something is a
fatal bug there is no sane way to continue, so why do we even allow
people/systems to try???
That way lies madness it would seem...


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