Re: [PATCH, re-send] Always trap on BUG()

From: H. Peter Anvin
Date: Tue Jul 23 2013 - 05:55:25 EST


On 07/23/2013 02:36 AM, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>>
>> Well, there are three alternatives here, right:
>>
>> 1. We can use unreachable(), which means that the compiler can assume it
>> never happens.
>
> AFAICS this is dangerous as it loses warnings and moves execution into
> la-la-land without any obvious sign at the C level.
>

Extremely dangerous.

-hpa

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