From: arnd@arndb•de (Arnd Bergmann)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists•infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH] arch: configuration, deleting 'CONFIG_BUG' since always need it.
Date: Thu, 23 May 2013 10:54:10 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201305231054.10735.arnd@arndb.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAMuHMdU7QuzgmWCH145p8PVebBzPo8DBAvbY+0AZa2cmGXmRHw@mail.gmail.com>
On Thursday 23 May 2013, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > -config BUG
> > - bool "BUG() support" if EXPERT
> > - default y
> > - help
> > - Disabling this option eliminates support for BUG and WARN, reducing
> > - the size of your kernel image and potentially quietly ignoring
> > - numerous fatal conditions. You should only consider disabling this
> > - option for embedded systems with no facilities for reporting errors.
> > - Just say Y.
>
> ... It's about reducing memory size on devices where you can't show bug or
> warning messages.
>
> > So need get rid of 'CONFIG_BUG', and let it always enabled everywhere.
>
> So please keep it.
Agreed. The one annoying property of disabling BUG() support is that it causes
a large number of build warnings since the compiler now has to assume that a lot
of code is reachable when it is normally annotate as unreachable.
When I do "randconfig" tests, I always turn on CONFIG_BUG because of this.
Arnd
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-05-23 8:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-05-23 7:57 [PATCH] arch: configuration, deleting 'CONFIG_BUG' since always need it Chen Gang
2013-05-23 8:40 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2013-05-23 8:54 ` Arnd Bergmann [this message]
2013-05-23 9:05 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2013-05-23 9:12 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2013-05-23 9:39 ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-05-23 10:04 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2013-05-23 10:41 ` Chen Gang
2013-05-23 10:59 ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-05-23 11:19 ` Chen Gang
2013-05-23 11:24 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2013-05-23 12:09 ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-05-23 12:50 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2013-05-23 14:10 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2013-05-24 2:13 ` Chen Gang
2013-05-24 4:17 ` Chen Gang
2013-05-26 4:43 ` [PATCH v2] arch: configuration issue, random return value when disable 'CONFIG_BUG' Chen Gang
2013-05-28 8:19 ` [PATCH] arch: configuration, deleting 'CONFIG_BUG' since always need it Ingo Molnar
2013-05-28 10:25 ` Chen Gang
2013-05-28 14:49 ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-05-28 14:55 ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-05-28 15:43 ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-05-28 16:06 ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-05-28 17:20 ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-05-23 10:09 ` Eric W. Biederman
2013-05-23 10:29 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2013-05-23 10:05 ` Chen Gang
2013-05-24 5:59 ` Eric W. Biederman
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