Re: [patch 1/5] Introduce __WARN()

From: Arjan van de Ven
Date: Sun Jan 06 2008 - 10:42:42 EST


On Sun, 06 Jan 2008 12:44:56 +0100
Richard Knutsson <ricknu-0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> > From: Olof Johansson <olof@xxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Introduce __WARN() in the generic case, so the generic WARN_ON()
> > can use arch-specific code for when the condition is true.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Olof Johansson <olof@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: <linux-arch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >
> > include/asm-generic/bug.h | 17 +++++++++++------
> > 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> >
> > Index: linux-2.6.24-rc6/include/asm-generic/bug.h
> > ===================================================================
> > --- linux-2.6.24-rc6.orig/include/asm-generic/bug.h
> > +++ linux-2.6.24-rc6/include/asm-generic/bug.h
> > @@ -31,14 +31,19 @@ struct bug_entry {
> > #define BUG_ON(condition) do { if (unlikely(condition)) BUG(); }
> > while(0) #endif
> >
> > -#ifndef HAVE_ARCH_WARN_ON
> > +#ifndef __WARN
> > +#define __WARN() do
> > { \
> > + printk("WARNING: at %s:%d %s()\n",
> > __FILE__, \
> > + __LINE__,
> > __FUNCTION__); \
> > +
> > dump_stack();
> > \ +} while (0) +#endif
> > +
> > +#ifndef WARN_ON
> > #define WARN_ON(condition)
> > ({ \ int
> > __ret_warn_on = !!(condition); \

> What about using a boolean for __ret_warn_on, which then let us
> remove the '!!'?

is iffy.. like what happens if an u64 is cast to a boolean?
No matter what the final assembly code will need to be the same

> (btw, wouldn't 'var != 0' actually be the proper semantic instead of
> playing with '!'s?)

no because var could be a pointer for example...

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