linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/7] Add assertion checking macros

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Message-ID: <4874.1318451776@redhat.com>
Date:	Wed, 12 Oct 2011 21:36:16 +0100
From:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:	Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com>
Cc:	dhowells@...hat.com, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/7] Add assertion checking macros

Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com> wrote:

> Hmm, but why not have a single something-like-"ASSERT" doing the same as
> in userspace:

Because I want to print the values that were checked.  Your suggestion merely
turns the unevaluated expression into a string and prints that.  The values
are very useful to know in debugging the problem.

David
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