From: Or Gerlitz <gerlitz...@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2015 07:47:51 +0200

> On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 3:49 PM, Jiri Pirko <j...@resnulli.us> wrote:
>> Implement basic procedures for joining/leaving port to/from LAG. That
>> includes HW setup of collector, core LAG mapping setup.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <j...@mellanox.com>
>> ---
>>  drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum.c | 284 
>> +++++++++++++++++++++++--
>>  drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum.h |  35 ++-
>>  2 files changed, 302 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
>>
>> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum.c
> 
> [...]
> 
>> +static int mlxsw_sp_port_lag_leave(struct mlxsw_sp_port *mlxsw_sp_port,
>> +                                  struct net_device *lag_dev)
>> +{
>> +       struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp = mlxsw_sp_port->mlxsw_sp;
>> +       struct mlxsw_sp_upper *lag;
>> +       u16 lag_id = mlxsw_sp_port->lag_id;
>> +       int err;
>> +
>> +       if (!mlxsw_sp_port->lagged)
>> +               return 0;
>> +       lag = mlxsw_sp_lag_get(mlxsw_sp, lag_id);
>> +       BUG_ON(lag->ref_count == 0);
> 
> is this a must to crash the system here? can't we do something less drastic?

Indeed, please use WARN_ON() and return an error or perform some other kind of
recovery operation.

BUG_ON() is bad and is only to ever be used when the kernel's
continued operation is absolutely impossible.
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