On Mon, Oct 09, 2017 at 10:15:42AM -0700, Alexei Starovoitov wrote: >On Mon, Oct 09, 2017 at 11:37:59AM -0400, Tim Hansen wrote: >> Fix BUG() calls to use BUG_ON(conditional) macros. >> >> This was found using make coccicheck M=net/core on linux next >> tag next-2017092 >> >> Signed-off-by: Tim Hansen <devtimhan...@gmail.com> >> --- >> net/core/skbuff.c | 15 ++++++--------- >> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) >> >> diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c >> index d98c2e3ce2bf..34ce4c1a0f3c 100644 >> --- a/net/core/skbuff.c >> +++ b/net/core/skbuff.c >> @@ -1350,8 +1350,7 @@ struct sk_buff *skb_copy(const struct sk_buff *skb, >> gfp_t gfp_mask) >> /* Set the tail pointer and length */ >> skb_put(n, skb->len); >> >> - if (skb_copy_bits(skb, -headerlen, n->head, headerlen + skb->len)) >> - BUG(); >> + BUG_ON(skb_copy_bits(skb, -headerlen, n->head, headerlen + skb->len)); > >I'm concerned with this change. >1. Calling non-trivial bit of code inside the macro is a poor coding style >(imo) >2. BUG_ON != BUG. Some archs like mips and ppc have HAVE_ARCH_BUG_ON and >implementation >of BUG and BUG_ON look quite different.
For these archs, wouldn't it then be more efficient to use BUG_ON rather than BUG()? -- Thanks, Sasha