Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 11/11] devtools: prevent new instances of rte_panic and rte_exit

[Arnon Warshavsky <arnon@qwilt.com>]

>
> I don't think rte_panic should be considered forbidden.  Rather their
> use should be flagged (as this patch does).  However, the 'exit 1'
> (which will return a failure for the automatic checkpatch script bot)
> might end up problematic as maintainers might consider it a patch that
> is not ready.
>
> I wouldn't object to this patch, but just think you might want to change
> the print to something like:
>
>   WARN: Are you sure you meant to use "$expression"?
>

I can definitely change the warning text , but I think the whole point is
actually to prevent future panic calls.
If it were a recommendation, one can never converge with the attempt to get
rid of them, as not throwing a panic is a lot harder.

Thanks
Arnon