Use BUG_ON(x) rather than if(x) BUG(); The semantic patch that fixes this problem is as follows: // <smpl> @@ identifier x; @@ -if (x) BUG(); +BUG_ON(x); // </smpl> Signed-off-by: Himangi Saraogi <himangi774@gmail.com> Acked-by: Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@lip6.fr> --- fs/btrfs/volumes.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c index 6104676..63e746e 100644 --- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c +++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c @@ -2623,8 +2623,8 @@ again: found_key.offset); if (ret == -ENOSPC) failed++; - else if (ret) - BUG(); + else + BUG_ON(ret); } if (found_key.offset == 0) -- 1.9.1