Re: [patch 13/17] Use WARN() in drivers/base/

[Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org>]

On Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:11:10 -0700
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> wrote:

> On Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:54:09 -0700 Arjan van de Ven
> <arjan@infradead.org> wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:20:11 -0700
> > Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
> > 
> > > On Tue, 8 Jul 2008 09:53:07 -0700 Arjan van de Ven
> > > <arjan@infradead.org> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com>Index:
> > > > linux.trees.git/drivers/base/core.c
> > > 
> > > A number of these patches had mangled signed-off-by: lines.
> > > 
> > > Please try to be consistent in the presence and placement of the
> > > ^--- line at the end of the changelog.
> > > 
> > > I verified that all three copies of "Use WARN() in fs/" were the
> > > same.
> > > 
> > > I've decided that I don't like the whole thing :(  This:
> > > 
> > > #define WARN(condition, format...)
> > > ({					\ int __ret_warn_on
> > > = !!(condition);				\ if
> > > (unlikely(__ret_warn_on))					\
> > > __WARN_printf(format);					\
> > > unlikely(__ret_warn_on);
> > > \ })
> > > 
> > > is not a WARN().  It is a WARN_ON() function.  The use of this
> > > name now leaves us no sensible name under which to implement
> > > 
> > 
> > I'm totally open to a better name.
> > Having a condition in there is really nice, it means we can fold the
> > if() into it in many cases. Just like BUG_ON() did.
> 
> Alexey's WARN_IF() would suit, I guess.  Plain old "WARN" is just
> wrong here, alas.
> 
> I can just edit all the diffs if we're all OK with that.

I'm ok with that.

> 
> 
> 
> I don't suppose there's any way of tricking the preprocessor into
> supporting
> 
> 	WARN_ON(foo == 42);
> 
> as well as
> 
> 	WARN_ON(foo == 42, "bite me!");

there might be some obscure GCC extensions, but to be honest I fear the
worst ;(


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