tree 86d52da45f0ef03171422a8fe18cbe5466642d74
parent 1cfd9d7e43d5a1cf739d1420b10b1e65feb02f88
author David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com> 1663932865 +0200
committer Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> 1664479253 -0600

checkpatch: warn on usage of VM_BUG_ON() and other BUG variants

checkpatch does not point out that VM_BUG_ON() and friends should be
avoided, however, Linus notes:

    VM_BUG_ON() has the exact same semantics as BUG_ON. It is literally
    no different, the only difference is "we can make the code smaller
    because these are less important". [1]

So let's warn on VM_BUG_ON() and other BUG variants as well. While at it,
make it clearer that the kernel really shouldn't be crashed.

As there are some subsystem BUG macros that actually don't end up crashing
the kernel -- for example, KVM_BUG_ON() -- exclude these manually.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/r/CAHk-=wg40EAZofO16Eviaj7mfqDhZ2gVEbvfsMf6gYzspRjYvw@mail.gmail.com

Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220923113426.52871-3-david@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>