Re: linux-next: Tree for Nov 16 (infiniband: ib_srpt.c)

[Bart Van Assche]

On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 3:34 AM, Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 11/15/2011 06:33 PM, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
>> Hi all,
>
>
> When CONFIG_BUG is not enabled:
>
> next-2011-1116/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srpt/ib_srpt.c: In function 'srpt_cm_dreq_recv':
> next-2011-1116/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srpt/ib_srpt.c:2761:3: error: implicit declaration of function '__WARN'
>
>
> jbd2 has a similar issue (still unpatched).  One of the comments in that thread
> was that ext4 probably should use WARN_ON() instead of __WARN().
>
> Or (Arnd said):
> Hmm, my feeling is that we shouldn't do that either, and that jbd2 should
> be changed. If we want a function that does what __WARN() does today, we
> should probably make a conscious decision about what we want it to be called
> and not have it start with "__". <end Arnd>

Thanks for reporting this. The __WARN() statements in ib_srpt are
present in code paths that should never be reached. I'll post a patch
that addresses the build failure.

Bart.
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