* Steven Rostedt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> WARN_ON is still a BUG, but we know enough about it that we can just
> cripple the system so that it doesn't break anything. [...]
well - a WARN_ON() can be /anything/. It is the same as BUG_ON(), but it
doesnt crash the box immediately and on purpose. In that sense all
existing BUG_ON()s should be converted to WARN_ON()s or to panic()s
(whichever fits best for that particular BUG_ON()).
[ or all WARN_ON()s should be converted to BUG_ON()s and the behavior of
BUG_ON() should be changed to /not/ crash the system on purpose - and
for those cases where we really do not want to continue, panic()
should be used. That way the user can set panic policy himself. ]
i can whip up a patch for any of these conversions, but i dont think we
need this flux right now.
Ingo
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