Re: [PATCH] x86: remove unneeded endless loop in BUG()

[H. Peter Anvin]

Petr Tesarik wrote:
> Since __builtin_trap() will always generate an illegal instruction, we
> can replace the explicit asm("ud2") with it.
> 
> This way gcc will understand that the function never returns, plus it
> won't emit any extra instructions.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Petr Tesarik <ptesarik@xxxxxxx>

I like this.  Will apply shortly.

	-hpa

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