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SubjectRe: [PATCH] ARM: BUG() dies silently
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On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 9:02 AM, Ramirez Luna, Omar <omar.ramirez@ti.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 12:46 AM, Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org> wrote:
>> On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 7:29 PM, Ramirez Luna, Omar <omar.ramirez@ti.com> wrote:
>> ...

>>> OTOH, is not like "Use generic BUG() handler" gives the choice of
>>> removing GENERIC_BUG given that it is not prompted in menuconfig and
>>> auto selected, if this is the intention is there any reason to keep
>>> the #else part of /* not CONFIG_GENERIC_BUG */? there is no way we can
>>> use it with this patch, right?
>>
>> Well, er, the intention is that you use the patch. I kept the old code
>> around since people can then simply change the Kconfig option and be
>> back where they were, as indeed you have. I would be happy to remove
>> the old behavior, but I was concerned about a possible roasting in
>> this forum. Changing long-established behavior is sometimes tricky.
>
> Yes, but you can't change the Kconfig because it is not prompted with
> your patch, if that was the intention then an option to de/select
> GENERIC_BUG or not is needed:
>
> arch/arm/Kconfig
> @@ -204,6 +204,10 @@ config MMU
>          Select if you want MMU-based virtualised addressing space
>          support by paged memory management. If unsure, say 'Y'.
>
> +config GENERIC_BUG
> +       bool "Generic BUG"
> +       default y
> +       depends on BUG

Yes that's right, it is a manual edit. But if there are no objections
I will create a patch to remove this and replace the old bug
infrastructure entirely. - Simon

>
> Regards,
>
> Omar
>
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