Re: [PATCH][RFC] getting rid of stupid loop in BUG()

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Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
> Linus Torvalds wrote:
>> .. and I'm pretty sure it's immaterial.
>>
>> We don't just do the "ud2" instruction - we also do the file and line 
>> number information after it. Which means that __builtin_trap() is useless.
>>   
> 
> No, not any more.  The file and line info is out of line, in a separate
> section, indexed by the ud2a's eip.  The main problem with
> __builtin_trap is that there's no certain way to get the actual ud2a eip
> (ie, paste an asm label onto it).
> 

Same difference, then...

	-hpa
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