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From: hpa@zytor.com (H. Peter Anvin)
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.4.27-pre2: tg3: there's no WARN_ON in 2.4
Date: Wed, 12 May 2004 00:07:44 +0000 (UTC)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <c7rpsg$ghd$1@terminus.zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20040506121302.GI9636@fs.tum.de

Followup to:  <20040506121302.GI9636@fs.tum.de>
By author:    Adrian Bunk <bunk@fs.tum.de>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
> > >
> > >yep. Either we backport WARN_ON ;) or simply do the attached.
> > >
> > >--- old/drivers/net/tg3.c	2004-05-04 14:30:22.000000000 +0200
> > >+++ new/drivers/net/tg3.c	2004-05-04 14:49:58.000000000 +0200
> > >@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@
> > > #define TG3_TSO_SUPPORT	0
> > > #endif
> > > 
> > >+#ifndef WARN_ON
> > >+#define	WARN_ON(x)	do { } while (0)
> > >+#endif
> > 
> > Related but off topic. Do people find the ab#define	WARN_ON(x)
> > a macro acceptable? The fact is that not mentioning 'x' means any
> > side-effects are not executed, meaning the author must take special
> > care when using this macro.
> >...
> 
> Do not use code with side effects in BUG_ON and WARN_ON.
> 

Why not use the much simpler:

#ifndef WARN_ON
# define WARN_ON(x) ((void)(x))
#endif

Preserves side effects and everything.

	-hpa

  reply	other threads:[~2004-05-12  0:23 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-05-03 23:09 Linux 2.4.27-pre2 Marcelo Tosatti
2004-05-04  3:49 ` Frédéric L. W. Meunier
2004-05-04 19:19 ` Linux 2.4.27-pre2 (gcc-3.4.0) Rafał 'rmrmg' Roszak
     [not found]   ` <200405042146.40404@WOLK>
2004-05-04 20:03     ` Rafał 'rmrmg' Roszak
2004-05-05  6:36       ` Rene Rebe
2004-05-05  8:15         ` Rafał 'rmrmg' Roszak
2004-05-05  9:30           ` Mikael Pettersson
2004-05-05  9:53             ` Rene Rebe
2004-05-05 10:20               ` Mikael Pettersson
2004-05-04 20:46 ` 2.4.27-pre2: tg3: there's no WARN_ON in 2.4 Adrian Bunk
2004-05-04 20:53   ` Marc-Christian Petersen
2004-05-04 20:56     ` Jeff Garzik
2004-05-05  3:18       ` David S. Miller
2004-05-05  8:57         ` Marc-Christian Petersen
2004-05-05 19:30           ` David S. Miller
2004-05-04 23:44     ` Eyal Lebedinsky
2004-05-06 12:13       ` Adrian Bunk
2004-05-12  0:07         ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2004-05-13 22:34           ` Adrian Bunk
2004-05-13 23:03             ` H. Peter Anvin
2004-05-17  0:38               ` Adrian Bunk
2004-05-05 23:50 ` Linux 2.4.27-pre2 Eyal Lebedinsky
2004-05-07 13:49   ` Marcelo Tosatti
2004-05-19 18:14 ` [2.4 patch] hotplug: add missing Configure.help entries Adrian Bunk

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