Re: [PATCH/RFC] Deprecate BUG/BUG_ON in favour of BUG_AND_HALT/BUG_AND_HALT_ON

[Ingo Molnar]

* Richard Weinberger <richard@xxxxxx> wrote:

> >> I like the idea but not the name.
> >> What about DIE() and DIE_ON()?
> > 
> > CRASH_ON() might be a suggestive name as well, as from the user's 
> > point of view we are crashing her system.
> 
> I fear such users will think "Why should I crash the kernel?". ;-)

That's exactly the impression that the naming should create in kernel 
developers why try to add CRASH_ON() in the future: only do it as an 
absolute last resort.

WARN_ON() and other non-destructive ways to deal with error conditions 
are almost always preferred.

Thanks,

	Ingo
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