Re: [PATCH] mm/debug: Use BUILD_BUG_ON_INVALID() for VIRTUAL_BUG_ON()

[David Hildenbrand]

On 07.06.25 09:09, Tal Zussman wrote:
> This allows the compiler to validate the condition even with
> CONFIG_DEBUG_VIRTUAL disabled, and aligns VIRTUAL_BUG_ON() with the
> other macros in mmdebug.h.

In the light of recent discussions, I think we should get rid of 
VIRTUAL_BUG_ON completely.

There are only a hand full of callers, and I am preety sure for most of 
them VM_WARN_ON is a suitable replacement.

> Signed-off-by: Tal Zussman <tz2294@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>   include/linux/mmdebug.h | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/mmdebug.h b/include/linux/mmdebug.h
> index a0a3894900ed..012aef40e7a9 100644
> --- a/include/linux/mmdebug.h
> +++ b/include/linux/mmdebug.h
> @@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ void vma_iter_dump_tree(const struct vma_iterator *vmi);
>   #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_VIRTUAL
>   #define VIRTUAL_BUG_ON(cond) BUG_ON(cond)
>   #else
> -#define VIRTUAL_BUG_ON(cond) do { } while (0)
> +#define VIRTUAL_BUG_ON(cond) BUILD_BUG_ON_INVALID(cond)
>   #endif
>   
>   #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_VM_PGFLAGS
>
> ---
> base-commit: efe99fabeb11b030c89a7dc5a5e7a7558d0dc7ec
> change-id: 20250607-virtual_bug_on_invalid-81d24b276109
>
> Best regards,


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Cheers,

David / dhildenb