[PATCH] ARM: Convert BUG() to use unreachable()

[linux@arm.linux.org.uk (Russell King - ARM Linux)]

On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 06:17:11PM +0100, Richard Guenther wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 6:09 PM, David Daney <ddaney@caviumnetworks.com> wrote:
> > Jamie Lokier wrote:
> >>
> >> Uwe Kleine-K?nig wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Use the new unreachable() macro instead of for(;;);
> >>> ? ? ? ?*(int *)0 = 0;
> >>> ? ? ? ? ?/* Avoid "noreturn function does return" */
> >>> - ? ? ? for (;;);
> >>> + ? ? ? unreachable();
> >>
> >> Will GCC-4.5 remove ("optimise away") the *(int *)0 = 0 because it
> >> knows the branch of the code leading to unreachable can never be reached?
> >>
> >
> > I don't know the definitive answer, so I am sending to gcc at ...
> >
> > FYI: #define unreachable() __builtin_unreachable()
> 
> It shouldn't as *(int *)0 = 0; might trap.  But if you want to be sure
> use
>    __builtin_trap ();
> instead for the whole sequence (the unreachable is implied then).
> GCC choses a size-optimal trap representation for your target then.

How is "size-optimal trap" defined?  The point of "*(int *)0 = 0;" is
to cause a NULL pointer dereference which is trapped by the kernel to
produce a full post mortem and backtrace which is easily recognised
as a result of this code.

Having gcc decide on, maybe, an undefined instruction instead would be
confusing.

Let me put it another way: I want this function to terminate with an
explicit NULL pointer dereference in every case.