SYNOPSIS

options INVARIANTS

In sys/param.h In sys/systm.h Fn KASSERT expression msg

DESCRIPTION

In a kernel compiled with options INVARIANTS the Fn KASSERT macro tests the given Fa expression and if it is false, calls the panic(9) function, terminating the running system.

In a kernel that does not have options INVARIANTS the Fn KASSERT macro is defined to be a no-op. The second argument is a printf(9) format string and its arguments, enclosed in parentheses.

EXAMPLES

The kernel function Fn vput must not be called with a NULL pointer.

void
vput(vp)
        struct vnode *vp;
{
        struct proc *p = curproc;
        KASSERT(vp != NULL, ("vput: null vp"));
        ...
}

AUTHORS

This manual page was written by An Jonathan M. Bresler Aq [email protected] .