Replace most uses of assert by ovs_assert.

[sliver-openvswitch.git] / lib / list.c

diff --git a/lib/list.c b/lib/list.c
index b5fa389..fd06b81 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/list.c
+++ b/lib/list.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 Nicira Networks.
+ * Copyright (c) 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 Nicira, Inc.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
  */
 #include <config.h>
 #include "list.h"
-#include <assert.h>
 
 /* Initializes 'list' as an empty list. */
 void
@@ -90,7 +89,11 @@ list_replace(struct list *element, const struct list *position)
 }
 
 /* Adjusts pointers around 'list' to compensate for 'list' having been moved
- * around in memory (e.g. as a consequence of realloc()). */
+ * around in memory (e.g. as a consequence of realloc()).
+ *
+ * This always works if 'list' is a member of a list, or if 'list' is the head
+ * of a non-empty list.  It fails badly, however, if 'list' is the head of an
+ * empty list; just use list_init() in that case. */
 void
 list_moved(struct list *list)
 {
@@ -132,9 +135,9 @@ list_pop_back(struct list *list)
 struct list *
 list_front(const struct list *list_)
 {
-    struct list *list = (struct list *) list_;
+    struct list *list = CONST_CAST(struct list *, list_);
 
-    assert(!list_is_empty(list));
+    ovs_assert(!list_is_empty(list));
     return list->next;
 }
 
@@ -143,9 +146,9 @@ list_front(const struct list *list_)
 struct list *
 list_back(const struct list *list_)
 {
-    struct list *list = (struct list *) list_;
+    struct list *list = CONST_CAST(struct list *, list_);
 
-    assert(!list_is_empty(list));
+    ovs_assert(!list_is_empty(list));
     return list->prev;
 }