Hi,
yalong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> it's necessary for efficency of code.
Oh, nice to hear.
> when someCodition is FALSE, it's no cost on BUG(). but when you
> changed to BUG_ON(), there is always a cost on BUG_ON() both TRUE and
> FALSE.
>From bug.h:
#define BUG_ON(condition) do { if (unlikely(condition)) BUG(); } while(0)
Having at least a small glance at the definition before replying FUD
would have been too much?
Two or three architectures define their own BUG_ON() but, random guess,
only because they can check for the condition and raise an exception
faster than the generic version.
Hannes
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