Re: [PATCH 1/10] Convert ASSERT to BUG_ON

[Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>]

On Fri, May 26, 2006 at 11:14:54AM -0500, Michael Halcrow wrote:
> On Fri, May 26, 2006 at 05:24:01PM +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > On Fri, May 26, 2006 at 09:21:48AM -0500, Mike Halcrow wrote:
> > > -	ASSERT(auth_tok->session_key.encrypted_key_size < PAGE_CACHE_SIZE);
> > > +	BUG_ON(auth_tok->session_key.encrypted_key_size > PAGE_CACHE_SIZE);
> > >...
> > 
> > What's with (auth_tok->session_key.encrypted_key_size ==
> > PAGE_CACHE_SIZE) ?
> 
> That should not be a problem.

IOW, the ASSERT was wrong?

My point is simply that this is not a semantically equivalent 
transformation, so if this fixes a case where the ASSERT() might have 
mistakenly triggered it should be noted in the changelog.

> Mike

cu
Adrian

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