assert in malloc.c:383

[Bogdan Vacaliuc]

Karel Gardas wrote:
> The problematic code is a part of free function and it looks:
>
>     380   status = rtems_region_return_segment( RTEMS_Malloc_Heap, ptr );
>     381   if ( status != RTEMS_SUCCESSFUL ) {
>     382     errno = EINVAL;
>     383     assert( 0 );
>     384   }
>
> my question is: how to prevent it? Is assert on this place really needed,
> especially when I consider that you set errno on this place. What does

In regards to your question on whether assert() is really needed, please 
remember that assert() is typically (always!) a conditional macro, whose 
code is eliminated by the definition of _NDEBUG.  Its operation is generally 
a system halt with diagnostic output to enable you to identify the problem 
quickly.

Code written with assert() should not *rely* on assert() as the error 
handling method; it is not that.  It is a *debugging* tool.

Best Regards,

-bogdan