[ofa-general] Re: [PATCH 2/14 v2] nes: device structures and defines

[Roland Dreier]

 > You are starting off on the wrong foot.

???

 > > +if(!(expr)) {														\
 > > +	printk(KERN_ERR PFX "Assertion failed! %s, %s, %s, line %d\n",	\
 > > +		   #expr, __FILE__, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__);				\
 > > +}
 > 
 > Use BUG_ON

I agree that there's no need to invent a driver-private assertion
macro, but (to first order at least) drivers should never use BUG_ON.
I don't want some glitch in a network driver that the system could
probably survive to be turned into a panic by BUG_ON -- WARN_ON seems
infinitely preferable.

 - R.