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Commit 0da2fe7e authored by Antonio Nino Diaz's avatar Antonio Nino Diaz
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Simplify assert() to reduce memory usage


The behaviour of assert() now depends on the value of the new optional
platform define `PLAT_LOG_LEVEL_ASSERT`. This defaults to `LOG_LEVEL` if
not defined by the platform.

- If `PLAT_LOG_LEVEL_ASSERT` >= `LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE`, it prints the file
  name, line and asserted expression.
- If `PLAT_LOG_LEVEL_ASSERT` >= `LOG_LEVEL_INFO`, it prints the file
  name and line.
- If not, it doesn't print anything.

Note the old behaviour was to print the function name whereas now it
prints the file name. This reduces memory usage because the file name is
shared between all assert calls in a given file. Also, the default
behaviour in debug builds is to no longer print the asserted expression,
greatly reducing the string usage.

For FVP debug builds this change saves approximately:

              No TBBR    TBBR
        BL1    1.6 KB   2.2 KB
        BL2    1.7 KB   2.1 KB
        BL31   2.6 KB   3.3 KB

Change-Id: I2947569d593df0b25611dc3c7a6096f42155c115
Signed-off-by: default avatarAntonio Nino Diaz <antonio.ninodiaz@arm.com>
parent 823cc7a9
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