+/* Like the standard assert macro, except:
+ *
+ * - Writes the failure message to the log.
+ *
+ * - Not affected by NDEBUG. */
+#define ovs_assert(CONDITION) \
+ if (!OVS_LIKELY(CONDITION)) { \
+ ovs_assert_failure(SOURCE_LOCATOR, __func__, #CONDITION); \
+ }
+void ovs_assert_failure(const char *, const char *, const char *) NO_RETURN;
+
+/* Casts 'pointer' to 'type' and issues a compiler warning if the cast changes
+ * anything other than an outermost "const" or "volatile" qualifier.
+ *
+ * The cast to int is present only to suppress an "expression using sizeof
+ * bool" warning from "sparse" (see
+ * http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.parsers.sparse/2967). */
+#define CONST_CAST(TYPE, POINTER) \
+ ((void) sizeof ((int) ((POINTER) == (TYPE) (POINTER))), \
+ (TYPE) (POINTER))
+