From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
To: kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [KJ] is there a kernel standard for assertions?
Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2007 21:55:02 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200703172255.02494.arnd@arndb.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0703171550100.8121@CPE00045a9c397f-CM001225dbafb6>
On Saturday 17 March 2007 22:46:39 Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> i'm aware of both of those macros, which is why i'm wondering why so
> many developers insist on inventing their own version of an "assert"
> routine. given all of the *existing* debugging routines, shouldn't
> inventing your own be discouraged? is that something that could be
> turned into a KJ project of some kind?
Yes. I guess most of the assert() implementations in the kernel are
older than BUG_ON() and WARN_ON(). Adding new ones is normally
discouraged.
Arnd <><
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Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-03-17 19:51 [KJ] is there a kernel standard for assertions? Robert P. J. Day
2007-03-17 20:39 ` Matthew Wilcox
2007-03-17 21:24 ` Adrian Bunk
2007-03-17 21:46 ` Robert P. J. Day
2007-03-17 21:55 ` Arnd Bergmann [this message]
2007-03-18 3:39 ` Richard Knutsson
2007-03-18 4:38 ` Randy Dunlap
2007-03-18 14:15 ` Richard Knutsson
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