Re: [PATCH] staging: most: video: replace BUG_ON() with WARN_ON_ONCE()

[Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Fri, Nov 21, 2025 at 02:09:09PM -0500, Pavan Kumar Yalagada wrote:
> checkpatch.pl recommends replacing BUG_ON() with WARN_ON_ONCE()
> to avoid a kernel panic.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Pavan Kumar Yalagada <pavankumaryalagada@gmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/most/video/video.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/most/video/video.c b/drivers/staging/most/video/video.c
> index 32f71d9a9cf7..3a622bd597e6 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/most/video/video.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/most/video/video.c
> @@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ static void __exit comp_exit(void)
>  
>  	most_deregister_configfs_subsys(&comp);
>  	most_deregister_component(&comp);
> -	BUG_ON(!list_empty(&video_devices));
> +	WARN_ON_ONCE(!list_empty(&video_devices));

But this doesn't handle the fact that the system is now unstable.
Please fix the root cause of this, do not paper over the problem.

thanks,

greg k-h