Re: BUGed to death

Dave Jones (davej@codemonkey.org.uk)
Tue, 15 Apr 2003 16:57:08 +0100


On Tue, Apr 15, 2003 at 10:30:24AM -0400, rwhron@earthlink.net wrote:
> The patch below eliminates 4 BUG() calls that clearly
> cannot happen based on the context.

This looks bogus.

> --- linux-2.5.67-mm2/fs/reiserfs/hashes.c.orig 2003-04-15 10:11:44.000000000 -0400
> +++ linux-2.5.67-mm2/fs/reiserfs/hashes.c 2003-04-15 10:13:43.000000000 -0400
> @@ -90,10 +90,6 @@
>
> if (len >= 12)
> {
> - //assert(len < 16);
> - if (len >= 16)
> - BUG();
> -

Imagine I pass in 20. Previously, the BUG triggers. Not any more.
Ditto the other changes. Or am _I_ missing something ?

Dave

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