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staging: nvec: Avoid the use of BUG_ON

PATCH Superseded Laura Garcia Liebana 2 participants 2 messages Feb 24, 2016

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PATCH v3 1/1 staging: nvec: Avoid the use of BUG_ON

Prevent a kernel panic by avoiding the use of the BUG_ON macro. Checkpatch detected this issue.

The WARN_ON macro is not needed as such cases shouldn't happen and they were introduced for debugging purposes.

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Changes in v2:
- According to Marc Dietrich, module creator, the WARN_ON macro is not needed as such cases shouldn't happen and they were introduced for debugging purposes.

Changes in v3:
- Explanation of changes in v2 included in the commit message, as Fabio Estevam suggested.

 drivers/staging/nvec/nvec.c | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
drivers/staging/nvec/nvec.c +0 -2
index c335ae2..f6a1dbb 100644
@@ -641,11 +641,9 @@ static irqreturn_t nvec_interrupt(int irq, void *dev)
 			nvec_msg_free(nvec, nvec->rx);
 			nvec->state = 3;
 			nvec_tx_set(nvec);
-			BUG_ON(nvec->tx->size < 1);
 			to_send = nvec->tx->data[0];
 			nvec->tx->pos = 1;
 		} else if (status == (I2C_SL_IRQ)) {
-			BUG_ON(nvec->rx == NULL);
 			nvec->rx->data[1] = received;
 			nvec->rx->pos = 2;
 			nvec->state = 4;
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Quoted 5 lines · Laura Garcia Liebana

Prevent a kernel panic by avoiding the use of the BUG_ON macro. Checkpatch detected this issue.

The WARN_ON macro is not needed as such cases shouldn't happen and they were introduced for debugging purposes.

Not sure to understand. There is no use of WARN_ON.

julia

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---
Changes in v2:
- According to Marc Dietrich, module creator, the WARN_ON macro is not needed as such cases shouldn't happen and they were introduced for debugging purposes.

Changes in v3:
- Explanation of changes in v2 included in the commit message, as Fabio Estevam suggested.

 drivers/staging/nvec/nvec.c | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
drivers/staging/nvec/nvec.c +0 -3
index c335ae2..f6a1dbb 100644
@@ -641,11 +641,9 @@ static irqreturn_t nvec_interrupt(int irq, void *dev)
 			nvec_msg_free(nvec, nvec->rx);
 			nvec->state = 3;
 			nvec_tx_set(nvec);
-			BUG_ON(nvec->tx->size < 1);
 			to_send = nvec->tx->data[0];
 			nvec->tx->pos = 1;
 		} else if (status == (I2C_SL_IRQ)) {
-			BUG_ON(nvec->rx == NULL);
 			nvec->rx->data[1] = received;
 			nvec->rx->pos = 2;
 			nvec->state = 4;
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