Re: [PATCH] Remove useless assertions from reiserfs

["Petr Vandrovec" <VANDROVE@vc.cvut.cz>]

On 11 Aug 03 at 14:00, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:
> On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 13:45:30 EDT, Jeff Garzik said:
> > Why are these useless?
> 
> > >     if (len >= 12)
> > >     {          
> > >      //assert(len < 16);
> > >               if (len >= 16)
> > >                    BUG();
> > 
> > Seems like a valid check to me...
> 
> Just before that, there's code:
> 
>      while(len >= 16)
>         {
>     ...
>                 len -= 16;
>             }
> 
> So if that ever exits with a len >=16, we have a SERIOUS problem with
> either the compiler or the hardware - as such, that "if (..) BUG" is dead code.
> Similarly for the other checks.

I always thought that assertions are just for that - if you can hit them
without some unexpected event/bug, you have a SERIOUS problem.
                                                    Petr Vandrovec