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authorGravatar Pirate Praveen <praveen@debian.org>2023-03-06 20:25:41 +0530
committerGravatar Pirate Praveen <praveen@debian.org>2023-03-06 20:25:41 +0530
commit079dd8737bbaaaeeca3a95c2b858a62d8a620d5a (patch)
tree6af54966e17bcfe48ecdb0b5cdf43cc953d5358c /absl/base/optimization.h
parent2bbc47f307f1e24f3f44a108d571bffa5a3faa63 (diff)
parentf5afcb784c9b1c501c1144b7aab84555881ca871 (diff)
Merge tag '20220623.1-1' into bullseye-backports-staging
Diffstat (limited to 'absl/base/optimization.h')
-rw-r--r--absl/base/optimization.h30
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/absl/base/optimization.h b/absl/base/optimization.h
index d090be12..db5cc097 100644
--- a/absl/base/optimization.h
+++ b/absl/base/optimization.h
@@ -181,35 +181,43 @@
#define ABSL_PREDICT_TRUE(x) (x)
#endif
-// ABSL_INTERNAL_ASSUME(cond)
+// ABSL_ASSUME(cond)
+//
// Informs the compiler that a condition is always true and that it can assume
-// it to be true for optimization purposes. The call has undefined behavior if
-// the condition is false.
+// it to be true for optimization purposes.
+//
+// WARNING: If the condition is false, the program can produce undefined and
+// potentially dangerous behavior.
+//
// In !NDEBUG mode, the condition is checked with an assert().
-// NOTE: The expression must not have side effects, as it will only be evaluated
-// in some compilation modes and not others.
+//
+// NOTE: The expression must not have side effects, as it may only be evaluated
+// in some compilation modes and not others. Some compilers may issue a warning
+// if the compiler cannot prove the expression has no side effects. For example,
+// the expression should not use a function call since the compiler cannot prove
+// that a function call does not have side effects.
//
// Example:
//
// int x = ...;
-// ABSL_INTERNAL_ASSUME(x >= 0);
+// ABSL_ASSUME(x >= 0);
// // The compiler can optimize the division to a simple right shift using the
// // assumption specified above.
// int y = x / 16;
//
#if !defined(NDEBUG)
-#define ABSL_INTERNAL_ASSUME(cond) assert(cond)
+#define ABSL_ASSUME(cond) assert(cond)
#elif ABSL_HAVE_BUILTIN(__builtin_assume)
-#define ABSL_INTERNAL_ASSUME(cond) __builtin_assume(cond)
+#define ABSL_ASSUME(cond) __builtin_assume(cond)
#elif defined(__GNUC__) || ABSL_HAVE_BUILTIN(__builtin_unreachable)
-#define ABSL_INTERNAL_ASSUME(cond) \
+#define ABSL_ASSUME(cond) \
do { \
if (!(cond)) __builtin_unreachable(); \
} while (0)
#elif defined(_MSC_VER)
-#define ABSL_INTERNAL_ASSUME(cond) __assume(cond)
+#define ABSL_ASSUME(cond) __assume(cond)
#else
-#define ABSL_INTERNAL_ASSUME(cond) \
+#define ABSL_ASSUME(cond) \
do { \
static_cast<void>(false && (cond)); \
} while (0)