Il 07/05/2014 16:50, Bandan Das ha scritto:
> +static void assign_masked(ulong *dest, ulong src, int bytes) > { > - *dest = (*dest & ~mask) | (src & mask); > + switch (bytes) { > + case 2: > + *dest = (u16)src | (*dest & ~0xfffful); > + break; > + case 4: > + *dest = (u32)src; > + break; > + case 8: > + *dest = src; > + break; > + default: > + BUG();IIRC, Paolo mentioned that a WARN() is preferable. But I see a lot other places where BUG() is called, maybe, he can confirm.
There is really no reason to crash the host for a misused API, so I do believe that a WARN() is preferable.
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