[PATCH v1 1/3] coding-style.rst: document BUG() and WARN() rules ("do not crash the kernel")
David Hildenbrand
david at redhat.com
Fri Sep 23 20:55:28 AEST 2022
On 23.09.22 04:26, John Hubbard wrote:
> On 9/20/22 05:23, David Hildenbrand wrote:
>> [1] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/CAHk-=wiEAH+ojSpAgx_Ep=NKPWHU8AdO3V56BXcCsU97oYJ1EA@mail.gmail.com
>> [2] https://lore.kernel.org/r/CAHk-=wg40EAZofO16Eviaj7mfqDhZ2gVEbvfsMf6gYzspRjYvw@mail.gmail.com
>> [2] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/CAHk-=wit-DmhMfQErY29JSPjFgebx_Ld+pnerc4J2Ag990WwAA@mail.gmail.com
>
> s/2/3/
Thanks!
>
> ...
>> diff --git a/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst b/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst
>> index 03eb53fd029a..e05899cbfd49 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst
>> +++ b/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst
>> @@ -1186,6 +1186,67 @@ expression used. For instance:
>> #endif /* CONFIG_SOMETHING */
>>
>>
>> +22) Do not crash the kernel
>> +---------------------------
>> +
>> +In general, it is not the kernel developer's decision to crash the kernel.
>
> What do you think of this alternate wording:
>
> In general, the decision to crash the kernel belongs to the user, rather
> than to the kernel developer.
Ack
[...]
> I like the wording, it feels familiar somehow! :)
:)
>
> Reviewed-by: John Hubbard <jhubbard at nvidia.com>
Thanks!
--
Thanks,
David / dhildenb
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