Re: [PATCH v2 0/1] Open questions

From: Marc Kleine-Budde
Date: Tue Mar 13 2018 - 13:49:01 EST


On 03/13/2018 06:42 PM, Dr. Philipp Tomsich wrote:
>
>> On 13 Mar 2018, at 18:40, Jakob Unterwurzacher
>> <jakob.unterwurzacher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> <mailto:jakob.unterwurzacher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>>
>> >> + ÂÂÂ/* get the urb context */
>> >> + ÂÂÂif (WARN_ON(!context))
>> >> + ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂreturn;
>> >
>> > Can this happen?
>>
>> Not unless there is a bug in the code. But we want to get a message
>> before dereferencing a pointer.
>
> Why not use BUG_ON(!context)?

As this will halt the whole system.

Marc

--
Pengutronix e.K. | Marc Kleine-Budde |
Industrial Linux Solutions | Phone: +49-231-2826-924 |
Vertretung West/Dortmund | Fax: +49-5121-206917-5555 |
Amtsgericht Hildesheim, HRA 2686 | http://www.pengutronix.de |

Attachment: signature.asc
Description: OpenPGP digital signature