tree 798ddf46cd7b3edbec70d8b1af5f064d1db83532
parent 5f820f648c92a5ecc771a96b3c29aa6e90013bba
author David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net> 1231281661 -0800
committer Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> 1231286353 -0800

documentation: when to BUG(), and when to not BUG()

Provide some basic advice about when to use BUG()/BUG_ON(): never, unless
there's really no better option.

This matches my understanding of the standard policy ...  which seems not
to be written down so far, outside of LKML messages that I haven't
bookmarked.

Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>
Cc: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org>
Cc: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>