These functions should print assertion violation messages and then
call abort(). They do really not return control flow afterwards.
Consider the declaration of the similar __assert_fail from glibc:
extern void __assert_fail (const char *__assertion,
                           const char *__file,
			   unsigned int __line,
                           const char *__function)
     __THROW __attribute__ ((__noreturn__));
Bionic has __noreturn defined in sys/cdefs.h to be that GNU
noreturn attribute.
This patch has a practical value. Consider the following function:
void check(void* ptr) {
  assert(ptr != NULL);
}
Without this patch applied, gcc (and presumably clang) shows even in
debug mode:
warning: unused parameter 'ptr' [-Wunused-parameter]
In release mode, NDEBUG is defined and assert() becomes a no-op, as
one should expect. Thus, the warning is shown correctly then.
Another code sample:
float array[2];
int i = 3;
...
assert(i < 2);
array[i] = 0;
gcc says,
warning: array subscript is below array bounds [-Warray-bounds]
In other words, without noreturn attribute, assertions do not
allow a compiler's static analyzer to properly understand
the preconditions.
Change-Id: I3be92e99787c528899cf243ed448c4730c00c45b
Signed-off-by: Vadim Markovtsev <gmarkhor@gmail.com>
		
	
		
			
				
	
	
		
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/*	$OpenBSD: assert.h,v 1.12 2006/01/31 10:53:51 hshoexer Exp $	*/
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/*	$NetBSD: assert.h,v 1.6 1994/10/26 00:55:44 cgd Exp $	*/
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/*-
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 * Copyright (c) 1992, 1993
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 *	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
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 * (c) UNIX System Laboratories, Inc.
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 * All or some portions of this file are derived from material licensed
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 * to the University of California by American Telephone and Telegraph
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 * Co. or Unix System Laboratories, Inc. and are reproduced herein with
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 * the permission of UNIX System Laboratories, Inc.
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 *
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 * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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 * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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 * are met:
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 * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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 *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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 * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
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 *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
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 *    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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 * 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
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 *    may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
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 *    without specific prior written permission.
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 *
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 * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
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 * ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
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 * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
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 * ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
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 * FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
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 * DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
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 * OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
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 * HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
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 * LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
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 * OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
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 * SUCH DAMAGE.
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 *
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 *	@(#)assert.h	8.2 (Berkeley) 1/21/94
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 */
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/*
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 * Unlike other ANSI header files, <assert.h> may usefully be included
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 * multiple times, with and without NDEBUG defined.
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 */
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#include <sys/cdefs.h>
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#undef assert
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#undef _assert
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#ifdef NDEBUG
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# define	assert(e)	((void)0)
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# define	_assert(e)	((void)0)
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#else
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# define	_assert(e)	assert(e)
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# if __ISO_C_VISIBLE >= 1999
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#  define	assert(e)	((e) ? (void)0 : __assert2(__FILE__, __LINE__, __func__, #e))
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# else
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#  define	assert(e)	((e) ? (void)0 : __assert(__FILE__, __LINE__, #e))
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# endif
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#endif
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__BEGIN_DECLS
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__dead void __assert(const char *, int, const char *) __noreturn;
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__dead void __assert2(const char *, int, const char *, const char *) __noreturn;
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__END_DECLS
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