Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 28 Apr 2007 13:18:35 +0200 | From | Andi Kleen <> | Subject | Re: checkpatch, a patch checking script. |
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On Sat, Apr 28, 2007 at 11:15:04AM +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > > > The warning is bogus imho. How do you write recovery code for internal > > > broken code logic? > > > > Yes, it is marginal. But people do very often reach for BUG_ON() where > > they could have at least partly recovered in some fashion - enough for the > > info to hit the logs so we have a better chance of fixing it. > > At least one way to handle BUG_ON() type situations more cleanly (for > some anyway) is to fake a hot-unplug/plug event. Thats something that
That would have a high risk of deadlock on some lost lock.
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