On Fri, Sep 08, 2017 at 07:38:18PM +0530, Srishti Sharma wrote: > Use WARN_ON() instead of BUG_ON() to avoid crashing the kernel. > > Signed-off-by: Srishti Sharma <srishtis...@gmail.com> > --- > drivers/staging/media/omap4iss/iss.c | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/omap4iss/iss.c > b/drivers/staging/media/omap4iss/iss.c > index c26c99fd..b1036ba 100644 > --- a/drivers/staging/media/omap4iss/iss.c > +++ b/drivers/staging/media/omap4iss/iss.c > @@ -893,7 +893,7 @@ void omap4iss_put(struct iss_device *iss) > return; > > mutex_lock(&iss->iss_mutex); > - BUG_ON(iss->ref_count == 0); > + WARN_ON(iss->ref_count == 0);
ref_counting bugs often have a security aspect. BUG_ON() is probably safer here. Better to crash than to lose all your bitcoin. regards, dan carpenter
