Re: [PATCH v2] ata: pata_macio: Use WARN instead of BUG

[Sergei Shtylyov]

On 8/22/24 5:59 AM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
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>>> The overflow/underflow conditions in pata_macio_qc_prep() should never
>>> happen. But if they do there's no need to kill the system entirely, a
>>> WARN and failing the IO request should be sufficient and might allow the
>>> system to keep running.
>>
>>    WARN*() can kill your system with panic_on_warn -- Android is particularly
>> fond of this kernel parameter but I guess it's not your case... :-)
>>    Greg KH usually advices against using these macros. :-)
> 
> And in this case he is simply totally wrong.  The whole poing of WARN_ON

   Greg does have a point: on billions of Linux systems (Android phones) that
all use panic_on_warn=1, WARN*() is pretty much equivalent to panic()... :-/

> is to have a standardized way to assert conditions.

   Hm, makes me remember assert() in C aborts a program... :-)

MBR, Sergey