Re: [PATCH 01/23] infiniband: nes: add unlikely() to assert()

From: Doug Ledford
Date: Fri Aug 31 2018 - 10:07:05 EST


On Fri, 2018-08-31 at 01:34 +0300, Igor Stoppa wrote:
> Typically the assert is expected to not fail.
>
> Signed-off-by: Igor Stoppa <igor.stoppa@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Chien Tung <chien.tin.tung@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Roland Dreier <rolandd@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Faisal Latif <faisal.latif@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Doug Ledford <dledford@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@xxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Doug Ledford <dledford@xxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes.h | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes.h b/drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes.h
> index bedaa02749fb..d2d0098f38e0 100644
> --- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes.h
> +++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes.h
> @@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ do { \
>
> #define assert(expr) \
> do { \
> - if (!(expr)) { \
> + if (unlikely(!(expr))) { \
> printk(KERN_ERR PFX "Assertion failed! %s, %s, %s, line %d\n", \
> #expr, __FILE__, __func__, __LINE__); \
> } \

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