hi, this changes if() BUG(); constructs to BUG_ON() which is cleaner and can better optimized away One of the if()s contains a call to de_is_running(), which seems to be safe to replace, but someone with more knownledge of the code might want to verify this... Signed-off-by: Eric Sesterhenn --- linux-2.6.16-rc1-git4/drivers/net/tulip/de2104x.c.orig 2006-01-26 20:17:15.000000000 +0100 +++ linux-2.6.16-rc1-git4/drivers/net/tulip/de2104x.c 2006-01-26 20:31:14.000000000 +0100 @@ -402,8 +402,7 @@ static void de_rx (struct de_private *de unsigned copying_skb, buflen; skb = de->rx_skb[rx_tail].skb; - if (!skb) - BUG(); + BUG_ON(!skb); rmb(); status = le32_to_cpu(de->rx_ring[rx_tail].opts1); if (status & DescOwn) @@ -545,8 +544,7 @@ static void de_tx (struct de_private *de break; skb = de->tx_skb[tx_tail].skb; - if (!skb) - BUG(); + BUG_ON(!skb); if (unlikely(skb == DE_DUMMY_SKB)) goto next; @@ -789,8 +787,7 @@ static void __de_set_rx_mode (struct net de->tx_head = NEXT_TX(entry); - if (TX_BUFFS_AVAIL(de) < 0) - BUG(); + BUG_ON(TX_BUFFS_AVAIL(de) < 0); if (TX_BUFFS_AVAIL(de) == 0) netif_stop_queue(dev); @@ -916,8 +913,7 @@ static void de_set_media (struct de_priv unsigned media = de->media_type; u32 macmode = dr32(MacMode); - if (de_is_running(de)) - BUG(); + BUG_ON(de_is_running(de)); if (de->de21040) dw32(CSR11, FULL_DUPLEX_MAGIC); @@ -1153,8 +1149,7 @@ static void de_media_interrupt (struct d return; } - if (!(status & LinkFail)) - BUG(); + BUG_ON(!(status & LinkFail)); if (netif_carrier_ok(de->dev)) { de_link_down(de); @@ -2092,8 +2087,7 @@ static void __exit de_remove_one (struct struct net_device *dev = pci_get_drvdata(pdev); struct de_private *de = dev->priv; - if (!dev) - BUG(); + BUG_ON(!dev); unregister_netdev(dev); kfree(de->ee_data); iounmap(de->regs);