Re: [PATCH 0/8] drop if around WARN_ON

From: Julia Lawall
Date: Sun Nov 04 2012 - 10:57:34 EST


On Sun, 4 Nov 2012, Sasha Levin wrote:

Hi Julia,

On Sat, Nov 3, 2012 at 4:30 PM, Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@xxxxxxx> wrote:
These patches convert a conditional with a simple test expression and a
then branch that only calls WARN_ON(1) to just a call to WARN_ON, which
will test the condition.

// <smpl>
@@
expression e;
@@

(
if(<+...e(...)...+>) WARN_ON(1);
|
- if (e) WARN_ON(1);
+ WARN_ON(e);
)// </smpl>

So this deals with WARN_ON(), are you considering doing the same for
the rest of it's friends?

I tried WARN_ON_ONCE, but the pattern never occurred. Are there others that are worth trying?

thanks,
julia
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