Re: [PATCH v2 5/5] bug: Make BUG() call unreachable()

[Arnd Bergmann]

On Wednesday 26 February 2014, Josh Triplett wrote:
> This doesn't seem any different than compiling out assert() at runtime
> in a userspace program, given how the kernel uses BUG() and BUG_ON().
> I'd argue that adding unreachable() doesn't seem like it makes the
> current implementation of BUG() any worse; either way if you reach it
> you have a problem.

I think it's better to get a warning about undefined behavior than
to suppress that warning.

	Arnd
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