Re: [PATCH] staging: most: video: replace BUG_ON() in comp_exit

From: Greg KH

Date: Sun Apr 26 2026 - 23:50:38 EST


On Thu, Apr 16, 2026 at 04:33:34PM +0000, Ajith P V wrote:
> Replace BUG_ON() with WARN_ON() and pr_err inside comp_exit().
>
> BUG_ON() is risky and not recommended to use in kernel.
> It should replace with proper handlers such as WARN()-family
> (see Documentation/process/deprecated.rst).
>
> Signed-off-by: Ajith P V <ajithpv.linux@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/staging/most/video/video.c | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/most/video/video.c b/drivers/staging/most/video/video.c
> index 04351f8ccccf..78cbf367c308 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/most/video/video.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/most/video/video.c
> @@ -577,7 +577,8 @@ static void __exit comp_exit(void)
>
> most_deregister_configfs_subsys(&comp);
> most_deregister_component(&comp);
> - BUG_ON(!list_empty(&video_devices));
> + if (WARN_ON(!list_empty(&video_devices)))
> + pr_err("video_devices list not empty during module exit\n");
> }
>
> module_init(comp_init);
> --
> 2.43.0
>

This was sent before you:
https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260412222318.65045-1-grondon@xxxxxxxxx

which fixes it properly. Also see all the other times replacing
BUG_ON() with WARN_ON() has been rejected by me in the past, so this
wouldn't be ok either.

thanks,

greg k-h