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SubjectRe: [patch] pagecache-2.3.9-H3, bmap & ext2fs cleanup patch
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>> Coherency problems are bugs which can be tested for with debug code.
>> #define CHECK_BH_BITS 1
>
> Ehh..
>
> I much prefer code that cannot be buggy, to code that has to
> have asserts for bugs.

Ingo's way:
Random bit patterns tend to be illegal. Debug code can check
for illegal values.

Your way:
Random bit patterns are perfectly valid, but still bad!
Bugs will be more difficult to catch.

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