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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2016 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+
+#undef NDEBUG
+#include <assert.h>
+
+TEST(assert, assert_true) {
+  assert(true);
+}
+
+TEST(assert, assert_false) {
+  EXPECT_DEATH(assert(false),
+               "bionic/tests/assert_test.cpp:.*: "
+               "virtual void assert_assert_false_Test::TestBody\\(\\): "
+               "assertion \"false\" failed");
+}
+
+// Re-include <assert.h> with assertions disabled.
+#define NDEBUG
+#include <assert.h>
+
+TEST(assert, assert_true_NDEBUG) {
+  assert(true);
+}
+
+TEST(assert, assert_false_NDEBUG) {
+  assert(false);
+}