Re: [Xen-devel] Re: [Xen-changelog] [xen-unstable] [XEN] BUG() places console in sync mode.

[Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 4 Jul 2006, at 18:01, Jimi Xenidis wrote:

> Panic is very serious, but BUG and ASSERT, to me, are used to indicate 
> some error in programming logic, if that error can be "fixed" during a 
> debugging session then the ability to continue is quite valuable, 
> especially if it takes a long time ot get to the BUG().
I really can't conceive a situation where it would be handy to be able 
to rectify a bug from within a debugger in order to carry on executing. 
I've never wanted to do that.
> if it is not BUG, then perhaps we can introduce something like 
> BREAKPOINT() that can be used for this purpose?
Sure.

 -- Keir


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