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In message <3C9EBF13.4FEBB158@zip.com.au> you write:
> Rusty Russell wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, 19 Mar 2002 22:11:48 -0800
> > Andrew Morton <akpm@zip.com.au> wrote:
> >
> > > This is the result of a search-and-destroy mission against
> > > oft-repeated strings in the kernel text. These come about
> > > due to the toolchain's inability to common up strings between
> > > compilation units.
> >
> > The name is horrible. BUG() stands out: perhaps "BUG_LITE()"?
>
> out_of_line_bug()? It's a bit ornate I guess, but it tells
> you what it does when you look at it.

I like BUG() because it stands out in a fast code scan. And the
shouting prevents people from sprinkling them everywhere like a
drunken soldier (although there are still some people who seem to want
to BUG before ops which would oops anyway...)

Rusty.
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