LibC: Hint the compiler that assertions rarely fail

Also, rewrite the macro to expand to an if statement instead of a weird ternary operator with a (void)0 banch.
Author: https://github.com/bugaevc Commit: 1b36ddce1d Pull-request: https://github.com/SerenityOS/serenity/pull/2024 Reviewed-by: https://github.com/awesomekling
2025-08-20 01:11:07 +00:00 · 2020-04-30 11:54:27 +03:00 · 2020-04-30 11:54:27 +03:00 · 1b36ddce1d · 2024-07-19 07:09:50 +09:00
commit 1b36ddce1d
parent b319aca81a
1 changed files with 5 additions and 1 deletions
--- a/Libraries/LibC/assert.h
+++ b/Libraries/LibC/assert.h
@ -34,7 +34,11 @@ __BEGIN_DECLS
 __attribute__((noreturn)) void __assertion_failed(const char* msg);
 #    define __stringify_helper(x) #    x
 #    define __stringify(x) __stringify_helper(x)
-#    define assert(expr) ((expr) ? (void)0 : __assertion_failed(#    expr "\n" __FILE__ ":" __stringify(__LINE__)));
+#    define assert(expr)                                                           \
+        do {                                                                       \
+            if (__builtin_expect(!(expr), 0))                                      \
+                __assertion_failed(#expr "\n" __FILE__ ":" __stringify(__LINE__)); \
+        } while (0)
 #    define ASSERT_NOT_REACHED() assert(false)
 #else
 #    define assert(expr)