Re: [PATCH -rt] remove in_interrupt() BUG_ON in exit path

From: Daniel Walker
Date: Tue Oct 30 2007 - 19:49:21 EST


On Tue, 2007-10-30 at 19:44 -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:

> I did this change once before, while debugging. I had the same issue. This
> BUG_ON was giving me recursive crashes that prevented me knowing WTF was
> going on. I thought I even submitted a patch to remove it. Perhaps I
> forgot to. Nope, I did!
>
> http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0707.0/1804.html

I wonder if Ingo had his reasons for keeping it.. They're may have been
a benefit to doing a BUG_ON at one point .. I don't know ..

Daniel

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