Re: [PATCH 2/4] bug: completely remove code of disabled VM_BUG_ON()

[Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>]

On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 00:32, Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
> On Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:40:32 +0200
> Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 13:26, Konstantin Khlebnikov
>> <khlebnikov@openvz.org> wrote:
>> > Even if CONFIG_DEBUG_VM=n gcc genereates code for some VM_BUG_ON()
>>
>> That's because of the side effects of the expression
>>
>> https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/4/25/146
>>
>> But IRIC, we do want them here?
>>
>
> AFAICT (lkml.org appears to be having a meltdown), you've gone and
> linked to this very thread.
>
> Please try again, this time avoiding hyperlinks ;)

Yeah, I noticed after the fact. I wanted to look up the definition of
unused_expression(), which obviously wasn't in my tree yet ;-)

Still, I think people started relyong on the side effects, didn't they?

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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