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+#ifndef CEPH_ASSERT_H
+#define CEPH_ASSERT_H
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+#if defined(__linux__)
+#include <features.h>
+
+#ifndef __STRING
+# define __STRING(x) #x
+#endif
+
+#elif defined(__FreeBSD__)
+#include <sys/cdefs.h>
+#define __GNUC_PREREQ(minor, major) __GNUC_PREREQ__(minor, major)
+#elif defined(__sun) || defined(_AIX)
+#include "include/compat.h"
+#include <assert.h>
+#endif
+
+#ifdef __CEPH__
+# include "acconfig.h"
+#endif
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+class CephContext;
+
+namespace ceph {
+
+struct BackTrace;
+#endif
+
+/*
+ * For GNU, test specific version features. Otherwise (e.g. LLVM) we'll use
+ * the defaults selected below.
+ */
+#ifdef __GNUC_PREREQ
+
+/*
+ * Version 2.4 and later of GCC define a magical variable
+ * `__PRETTY_FUNCTION__' which contains the name of the function currently
+ * being defined. This is broken in G++ before version 2.6. C9x has a
+ * similar variable called __func__, but prefer the GCC one since it demangles
+ * C++ function names. We define __CEPH_NO_PRETTY_FUNC if we want to avoid
+ * broken versions of G++.
+ */
+# if defined __cplusplus ? !__GNUC_PREREQ (2, 6) : !__GNUC_PREREQ (2, 4)
+# define __CEPH_NO_PRETTY_FUNC
+# endif
+
+#endif
+
+/*
+ * Select a function-name variable based on compiler tests, and any compiler
+ * specific overrides.
+ */
+#if defined(HAVE_PRETTY_FUNC) && !defined(__CEPH_NO_PRETTY_FUNC)
+# define __CEPH_ASSERT_FUNCTION __PRETTY_FUNCTION__
+#elif defined(HAVE_FUNC)
+# define __CEPH_ASSERT_FUNCTION __func__
+#else
+# define __CEPH_ASSERT_FUNCTION ((__const char *) 0)
+#endif
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern void register_assert_context(CephContext *cct);
+#endif
+
+extern void __ceph_assert_fail(const char *assertion, const char *file, int line, const char *function)
+ __attribute__ ((__noreturn__));
+extern void __ceph_assertf_fail(const char *assertion, const char *file, int line, const char *function, const char* msg, ...)
+ __attribute__ ((__noreturn__));
+extern void __ceph_assert_warn(const char *assertion, const char *file, int line, const char *function);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+# define _CEPH_ASSERT_VOID_CAST static_cast<void>
+#else
+# define _CEPH_ASSERT_VOID_CAST (void)
+#endif
+
+#define assert_warn(expr) \
+ ((expr) \
+ ? _CEPH_ASSERT_VOID_CAST (0) \
+ : __ceph_assert_warn (__STRING(expr), __FILE__, __LINE__, __CEPH_ASSERT_FUNCTION))
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+
+using namespace ceph;
+
+#endif
+
+/*
+ * ceph_abort aborts the program with a nice backtrace.
+ *
+ * Currently, it's the same as assert(0), but we may one day make assert a
+ * debug-only thing, like it is in many projects.
+ */
+#define ceph_abort() abort()
+
+#define ceph_abort_msg(cct, msg) { \
+ lgeneric_derr(cct) << "abort: " << msg << dendl; \
+ abort(); \
+ }
+
+#endif
+
+// wipe any prior assert definition
+#ifdef assert
+# undef assert
+#endif
+
+// make _ASSERT_H something that *must* have a value other than what
+// /usr/include/assert.h gives it (nothing!), so that we detect when
+// our assert is clobbered.
+#undef _ASSERT_H
+#define _ASSERT_H _dout_cct
+
+// make __ASSERT_FUNCTION empty (/usr/include/assert.h makes it a function)
+// and make our encoding macros break if it non-empty.
+#undef __ASSERT_FUNCTION
+#define __ASSERT_FUNCTION
+
+#define assert(expr) \
+ ((expr) \
+ ? _CEPH_ASSERT_VOID_CAST (0) \
+ : __ceph_assert_fail (__STRING(expr), __FILE__, __LINE__, __CEPH_ASSERT_FUNCTION))
+#define ceph_assert(expr) \
+ ((expr) \
+ ? _CEPH_ASSERT_VOID_CAST (0) \
+ : __ceph_assert_fail (__STRING(expr), __FILE__, __LINE__, __CEPH_ASSERT_FUNCTION))
+
+// this variant will *never* get compiled out to NDEBUG in the future.
+// (ceph_assert currently doesn't either, but in the future it might.)
+#define ceph_assert_always(expr) \
+ ((expr) \
+ ? _CEPH_ASSERT_VOID_CAST (0) \
+ : __ceph_assert_fail (__STRING(expr), __FILE__, __LINE__, __CEPH_ASSERT_FUNCTION))
+
+// Named by analogy with printf. Along with an expression, takes a format
+// string and parameters which are printed if the assertion fails.
+#define assertf(expr, ...) \
+ ((expr) \
+ ? _CEPH_ASSERT_VOID_CAST (0) \
+ : __ceph_assertf_fail (__STRING(expr), __FILE__, __LINE__, __CEPH_ASSERT_FUNCTION, __VA_ARGS__))
+#define ceph_assertf(expr, ...) \
+ ((expr) \
+ ? _CEPH_ASSERT_VOID_CAST (0) \
+ : __ceph_assertf_fail (__STRING(expr), __FILE__, __LINE__, __CEPH_ASSERT_FUNCTION, __VA_ARGS__))
+
+// this variant will *never* get compiled out to NDEBUG in the future.
+// (ceph_assertf currently doesn't either, but in the future it might.)
+#define ceph_assertf_always(expr, ...) \
+ ((expr) \
+ ? _CEPH_ASSERT_VOID_CAST (0) \
+ : __ceph_assertf_fail (__STRING(expr), __FILE__, __LINE__, __CEPH_ASSERT_FUNCTION, __VA_ARGS__))