Hi,
I rewrote the ASSERT() and BUG() implementations (src/include/assert.h)
from scratch.
The old one used different messages for preram and ram stages and would
not print any warnings if CONFIG_DEBUG was disabled.
In the case of CONFIG_DEBUG the code would die().
I wonder if that's the behavior we want. If something is bad enough to
stop a system during development, maybe the warning should not
be ignored completely when it happens in a productive system? I think we
should always print a warning if the code is inconsistent.
Also, do we want to die() on an assert? I believe in most cases we
don't.The worst case that happens when we run into a bug or assert
situation is that we can not boot the system.
But in some cases it's not that bad.. like in the mptable / acpi
generator or some IOAPIC and SuperIO drivers. We might still be able to
boot into a system and flash a new, fixed coreboot
image, but in case of a die() we desperately brick the system. I think
we should not do that.
What do you think?
Stefan
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#ifndef __ASSERT_H__
#define __ASSERT_H__
#if defined(__PRE_RAM__) && !CONFIG_USE_PRINTK_IN_CAR
/* ROMCC versions */
#define ASSERT(x) { \
if(!(x)) { \
print_emerg("ASSERTION FAILED: file '"); \
print_emerg(__FILE__); \
print_emerg("', line 0x"); \
print_debug_hex32(__LINE__); \
print_emerg("\r\n"); \
//die(""); \
} \
}
#define BUG() { \
print_emerg("BUG ENCOUNTERED: SYSTEM HALTED at file '");\
print_emerg(__FILE__); \
print_emerg("', line 0x"); \
print_debug_hex32(__LINE__); \
print_emerg("\r\n"); \
//die(""); \
}
#else
/* GCC and CAR versions */
#define ASSERT(x) { \
if (!(x)) { \
printk_emerg("ASSERTION FAILED: file '%s', " \
" line %d\n", __FILE__, __LINE__); \
die(""); \
} \
}
#define BUG() { \
printk_emerg("BUG ENCOUNTERED: SYSTEM HALTED at file '%s', " \
" line %d\n", __FILE__, __LINE__); \
die(""); \
}
#endif
#endif // __ASSERT_H__
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