Previously ASSERT we implemented returned expression value.
Ex:
. = ASSERT(0x100);
would set Dot value to 0x100
Form of assert when it is assigned to Dot was implemented for
compatibility with very old GNU ld which required it.
Some scripts in the wild, including linux kernel scripts
use such ASSERTs at the end for doing different checks.
Currently we fail with "unable to move location counter backward"
for such scripts. Patch changes ASSERT to return location counter
value to fix that.
Differential revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D30171
llvm-svn: 295703
GNU LD allows `ASSERT` commands to be in output section descriptions.
Note that LD also mandates that `ASSERT` commands in this context must
end with a semicolon.
llvm-svn: 287677
George Rimar