Re: [RT] bad BUG_ON in rtmutex.c

[Steven Rostedt]

On Tue, 18 Apr 2006, Daniel Walker wrote:

> On Mon, 2006-04-17 at 21:48 -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> ...
> >
> > So the question now is: is this a real bug?
>
> It seems like a possible scenario . So if the false BUG_ON() needlessly
> kills a perfectly running system, then it must be a bug. It's the case
> of the buggy BUG_ON ;) !
>

It was late when I was writing that.  I reread my email today, and realize
that there's a few confusing statements there.  That last one being one :)

I meant to say:

  So the question is now: Is that case in BUG_ON a real bug?

The BUG_ON bugging a normal system _is_ a bug.

-- Steve
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