Re: [PATCH 2/4] bug: completely remove code of disabled VM_BUG_ON()

From: Geert Uytterhoeven
Date: Wed Apr 25 2012 - 10:40:32 EST


On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 13:26, Konstantin Khlebnikov
<khlebnikov@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Even if CONFIG_DEBUG_VM=n gcc genereates code for some VM_BUG_ON()

That's because of the side effects of the expression

https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/4/25/146

But IRIC, we do want them here?

> bloat-o-meter: add/remove: 0/1 grow/shrink: 10/120 up/down: 185/-1889 (-1704)
>
> Signed-off-by: Konstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Âinclude/linux/mmdebug.h | Â Â2 +-
> Â1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/mmdebug.h b/include/linux/mmdebug.h
> index c04ecfe..9c9a2a0 100644
> --- a/include/linux/mmdebug.h
> +++ b/include/linux/mmdebug.h
> @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
> Â#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_VM
> Â#define VM_BUG_ON(cond) BUG_ON(cond)
> Â#else
> -#define VM_BUG_ON(cond) do { (void)(cond); } while (0)
> +#define VM_BUG_ON(cond) unused_expression(cond)
> Â#endif
>
> Â#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_VIRTUAL

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

            Geert

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