Re: [PATCH] asm-generic: bug.h: add unreachable() in BUG() for CONFIG_BUG not set

[Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>]

On 10/17/21 12:38 PM, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 17, 2021 at 9:27 PM Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> wrote:
>> On 10/17/21 12:24 PM, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
>>> On Sun, Oct 17, 2021 at 9:17 PM Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> wrote:
>>>> On 10/17/21 12:09 PM, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
>>>>> On Sun, Oct 17, 2021 at 7:49 PM Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Did you see any other issues like this one on m68k, or the
>>>>> same one on another architecture?
>>>>
>>>> No and no.
>>>
>>> Ok, maybe before we waste too much time on it, just add an extra
>>> return statement to afs_dir_set_page_dirty()?
>>
>> I think that patch has already been rejected a few times...
> 
> Indeed, this is one I had looked at before:
> 
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAK8P3a3L6B9HXsOXSu9_c6pz1kN91Vig6EPsetLuYVW=M72XaQ@mail.gmail.com/
> 
> It seems that this version:
> 
> +#define BUG() do {                                             \
> +               do {} while (1);                                \
> +               unreachable();                                  \
> +       } while (0)
> 
> ended up being one that didn't see any objections.

Yes, I was just thinking of a change like that while eating lunch. :)

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~Randy