Re: [PATCH] btrfs: use BUG() instead of BUG_ON(1)

[David Sterba <dsterba@suse.cz>]

On Mon, Mar 25, 2019 at 03:06:12PM +0200, Nikolay Borisov wrote:
> 
> 
> On 25.03.19 г. 15:02 ч., Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > BUG_ON(1) leads to bogus warnings from clang when
> > CONFIG_PROFILE_ANNOTATED_BRANCHES is set:
> > 
> > fs/btrfs/volumes.c:5041:3: error: variable 'max_chunk_size' is used uninitialized whenever 'if' condition is false
> >       [-Werror,-Wsometimes-uninitialized]
> >                 BUG_ON(1);
> >                 ^~~~~~~~~
> > include/asm-generic/bug.h:61:36: note: expanded from macro 'BUG_ON'
> >  #define BUG_ON(condition) do { if (unlikely(condition)) BUG(); } while (0)
> >                                    ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > include/linux/compiler.h:48:23: note: expanded from macro 'unlikely'
> >  #  define unlikely(x)   (__branch_check__(x, 0, __builtin_constant_p(x)))
> >                         ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > fs/btrfs/volumes.c:5046:9: note: uninitialized use occurs here
> >                              max_chunk_size);
> >                              ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > include/linux/kernel.h:860:36: note: expanded from macro 'min'
> >  #define min(x, y)       __careful_cmp(x, y, <)
> >                                          ^
> > include/linux/kernel.h:853:17: note: expanded from macro '__careful_cmp'
> >                 __cmp_once(x, y, __UNIQUE_ID(__x), __UNIQUE_ID(__y), op))
> >                               ^
> > include/linux/kernel.h:847:25: note: expanded from macro '__cmp_once'
> >                 typeof(y) unique_y = (y);               \
> >                                       ^
> > fs/btrfs/volumes.c:5041:3: note: remove the 'if' if its condition is always true
> >                 BUG_ON(1);
> >                 ^
> > include/asm-generic/bug.h:61:32: note: expanded from macro 'BUG_ON'
> >  #define BUG_ON(condition) do { if (unlikely(condition)) BUG(); } while (0)
> >                                ^
> > fs/btrfs/volumes.c:4993:20: note: initialize the variable 'max_chunk_size' to silence this warning
> >         u64 max_chunk_size;
> >                           ^
> >                            = 0
> > 
> > Change it to BUG() so clang can see that this code path can never
> > continue.
> 
> Long-term we have to eliminate to bug_on's but until then:

I think in those places it's "this must never happen", so it's not the
the typical example of BUG_ON misuse we want to eliminate. Fixing the
compiler waring is ok though.