Re: [PATCH] Documentation: coding-style: don't encourage WARN*()

[Greg KH]

On Sun, Apr 14, 2024 at 12:08:50PM -0500, Alex Elder wrote:
> Several times recently Greg KH has admonished that variants of WARN()
> should not be used, because when the panic_on_warn kernel option is set,
> their use can lead to a panic. His reasoning was that the majority of
> Linux instances (including Android and cloud systems) run with this option
> enabled. And therefore a condition leading to a warning will frequently
> cause an undesirable panic.
> 
> The "coding-style.rst" document says not to worry about this kernel
> option.  Update it to provide a more nuanced explanation.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alex Elder <elder@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks for writing this up:

Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>