Re: [PATCH 3/4] files: change fd_install assertion

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On Fri, Jun 24, 2005 at 04:04:37PM +0400, Artem B. Bityuckiy wrote:
> Dipankar Sarma wrote:
> >-	if (unlikely(fdt->fd[fd] != NULL))
> >-		BUG();
> >+	BUG_ON(fdt->fd[fd] != NULL);
> > 	rcu_assign_pointer(fdt->fd[fd], file);
> > 	spin_unlock(&files->file_lock);
> > }
> >
> Why is this better ?

Because that way the compare and branch can be ifdefed out when CONFIG_BUG is
not set. Not to mention BUG_ON() looks more like an assertion.

Thanks
Dipankar
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