Re: [PATCH] add a trivial patch style checker

Heiko Carstens
2007-05-29T11:53:59Z

On Tue, May 29, 2007 at 04:23:45AM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:
> Possible further checks that might make sense:
> - panic() anywhere in drivers/*

A driver should be allowed to panic. E.g. if it detects that due to a
firmware or driver bug memory corruption happened. IMHO the best thing
to do then is panic.