Re: [PATCH 0/2] Stop some of the abuse of BUG() where compile timechecks should be used.

[Linus Torvalds]

On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 12:42 AM, DM <dm.n9107@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Perhaps BUILD_BUG() is a more consistent name for this?
>
> We would then have BUG() and BUG_ON(x) for run-time vs BUILD_BUG() and BUILD_BUG_ON(x) for compile-time.

Yeah, that probably would be nicer naming. The "BUILD_BUG_ON_USED()"
is kind of about the implementation, not the intention of the thing.

                  Linus
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