From: Matthew Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx>
To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: "BUG()" definition
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 13:24:59 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060220132459.GA7712@parisc-linux.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <43F9C027.20203@bull.net>
On Mon, Feb 20, 2006 at 02:12:07PM +0100, Zoltan Menyhart wrote:
> Can someone please explain me why the generic "BUG()" definition
The "generic" case is the one we do when the architecture hasn't got
its own implementation. For a guide to what *should* be done, you
should look at x86 instead. There, you'll see:
do_exit(SIGSEGV);
(see arch/i386/kernel/traps.c)
> If a task calls a kernel service, and that service detects some
> incoherency in the kernel data, then we usually call "BUG()".
>
> Due to the actual "BUG()" definition, only the calling task gets
> killed, the system continues with the incoherent kernel data.
>
> Maybe "die()" should call "panic()" unconditionally, instead
> of "do_exit()" ?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Zoltan Menyhart
>
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2006-02-20 13:12 "BUG()" definition Zoltan Menyhart
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