Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] checkpatch: Disallow glib asserts in main code

[Eric Blake]

On 04/28/2017 10:10 AM, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:

>>> Or could we perhaps instead undo the damage via a hack like
>>>
>>>  #define g_assert_cmpint g_assert_cmpint_orig
>>>  #define g_assert_cmpint(x, y, z) \
>>>      g_assert_cmpint_orig(x, y,x); \
>>>      abort()

Not quite the right hack (we don't want to unconditionally abort, but
only when the condition fails).

>>
>> I'd be kind of OK adding a q_assert_cmpint if you wanted,
>> but I think we shouldn't change the semantics of a public
>> name.

I tend to agree there; having our own distinct name means that we can
see at a glance that our version will quit, no matter what the glib
version does.

> 
> Personally I think it would be worth having them - the whole point of
> these more specific g_assert_* macros is that they provide clearer
> error messages when they're triggered, so I prefer their use generally

I agree that the improved error messages part is worthwhile.  So maybe
we want:

#define q_assert_cmpint(x, y, z) \
  do { \
    g_assert_cmpint(x, y, z); \
    assert(x y z); \
  } while (0)

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Eric Blake, Principal Software Engineer
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