Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 6 May 2014 11:35:48 +0200 | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH/RFC] Deprecate BUG/BUG_ON in favour of BUG_AND_HALT/BUG_AND_HALT_ON |
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* Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at> wrote:
> >> I like the idea but not the name. > >> What about DIE() and DIE_ON()? > > > > CRASH_ON() might be a suggestive name as well, as from the user's > > point of view we are crashing her system. > > I fear such users will think "Why should I crash the kernel?". ;-)
That's exactly the impression that the naming should create in kernel developers why try to add CRASH_ON() in the future: only do it as an absolute last resort.
WARN_ON() and other non-destructive ways to deal with error conditions are almost always preferred.
Thanks,
Ingo
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