From: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@zip.com.au>
Cc: marcelo@conectiva.com.br, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch] smaller kernels
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 18:09:55 +1100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E16pOc7-00043S-00@wagner.rustcorp.com.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 24 Mar 2002 22:09:23 -0800." <3C9EBF13.4FEBB158@zip.com.au>
In message <3C9EBF13.4FEBB158@zip.com.au> you write:
> Rusty Russell wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, 19 Mar 2002 22:11:48 -0800
> > Andrew Morton <akpm@zip.com.au> wrote:
> >
> > > This is the result of a search-and-destroy mission against
> > > oft-repeated strings in the kernel text. These come about
> > > due to the toolchain's inability to common up strings between
> > > compilation units.
> >
> > The name is horrible. BUG() stands out: perhaps "BUG_LITE()"?
>
> out_of_line_bug()? It's a bit ornate I guess, but it tells
> you what it does when you look at it.
I like BUG() because it stands out in a fast code scan. And the
shouting prevents people from sprinkling them everywhere like a
drunken soldier (although there are still some people who seem to want
to BUG before ops which would oops anyway...)
Rusty.
--
Anyone who quotes me in their sig is an idiot. -- Rusty Russell.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-03-25 7:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-03-20 6:11 Andrew Morton
2002-03-25 5:56 ` Rusty Russell
2002-03-25 5:52 ` David S. Miller
2002-03-25 19:49 ` Bill Davidsen
2002-03-25 6:09 ` Andrew Morton
2002-03-25 7:09 ` Rusty Russell [this message]
2002-03-25 22:22 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2002-03-26 0:12 ` Andrew Morton
2002-03-25 23:11 ` Marcelo Tosatti
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