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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2008 Travis Geiselbrecht
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
+ * a copy of this software and associated documentation files
+ * (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction,
+ * including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge,
+ * publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software,
+ * and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so,
+ * subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
+ * included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+ * EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+ * MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
+ * IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
+ * CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
+ * TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
+ * SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+#ifndef __ASSERT_H
+#define __ASSERT_H
+
+#include <compiler.h>
+#include <platform/debug.h>
+
+#define ASSERT(x) \
+	do { if (unlikely(!(x))) { dprintf("ASSERT FAILED at (%s:%d): %s\n", __FILE__, __LINE__, #x); debug_halt(); } } while (0)
+
+#if DEBUG
+#define DEBUG_ASSERT(x) \
+	do { if (unlikely(!(x))) { dprintf("DEBUG ASSERT FAILED at (%s:%d): %s\n", __FILE__, __LINE__, #x); debug_halt(); } } while (0)
+#else
+#define DEBUG_ASSERT(x) \
+	do { } while(0)
+#endif
+
+#endif