Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2012 10:46:43 -0500 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: Alfred Perlstein <alfred@freebsd.org> Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r244112 - head/sys/kern Message-ID: <201212121046.43706.jhb@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <201212110708.qBB78EWx025288@svn.freebsd.org> References: <201212110708.qBB78EWx025288@svn.freebsd.org>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Tuesday, December 11, 2012 2:08:14 am Alfred Perlstein wrote: > Author: alfred > Date: Tue Dec 11 07:08:14 2012 > New Revision: 244112 > URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/244112 > > Log: > Cleanup more of the kassert_panic. > > fix compile warnings on !amd64 and NULL derefs that would happen > if kassert_panic() would return. This is one reason why having kassert not panic is such a bad idea. There are tons of places where the compiler knows that panic() is __dead2, and there is no cleanup code to handle what happens when an invariant is violated. This is not safe to run in the field unless your customers do not care about their data. If you are interested in doing regression tests, I am using a very different approach for some locking regression tests I am working on in p4 that allow you to use a wrapper around setjmp/longjmp to "catch" panics somewhat like exception handling in C++/Java (though much cruder). However, evne that is only intended for testing, not for production cases where production data is at stake. -- John Baldwin
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?201212121046.43706.jhb>