Re: [PATCH] return hidden bug

Hi Rik,

On 10/22/07, Rik van Riel <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 12:30:00 +0300
> I guess people who disable CONFIG_BUG really choose to shoot themselves
> in the foot when something bad happens.  The kernel is full of error
> paths where the current thread really should not be continuing.

Sure, if you disable BUG_ON, it may or may not work. But making it
*worse* on purpose seems pointless.
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