REF: https://bugzilla.tianocore.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2054

Runtime data checks are not meant to cause debug assertions
unless explicitly needed by some debug code (thus the PCD)
as this breaks debug builds validating data with BaseLib.

Signed-off-by: Vitaly Cheptsov <vit9696@protonmail.com>>
---
 MdePkg/MdePkg.dec                   |  6 ++++++
 MdePkg/Library/BaseLib/BaseLib.inf  | 11 ++++++-----
 MdePkg/Library/BaseLib/SafeString.c |  4 +++-
 MdePkg/MdePkg.uni                   |  6 ++++++
 4 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/MdePkg/MdePkg.dec b/MdePkg/MdePkg.dec
index 3fd7d1634c..c1671333f6 100644
--- a/MdePkg/MdePkg.dec
+++ b/MdePkg/MdePkg.dec
@@ -2221,6 +2221,12 @@ [PcdsFixedAtBuild,PcdsPatchableInModule]
   # @Prompt Memory Address of GuidedExtractHandler Table.
   gEfiMdePkgTokenSpaceGuid.PcdGuidedExtractHandlerTableAddress|0x1000000|UINT64|0x30001015
 
+  ## Indicates if safe string constraint violation should assert.<BR><BR>
+  #   TRUE  - Safe string constraint violation causes assertion.<BR>
+  #   FALSE - Safe string constraint violation does not cause assertion.<BR>
+  # @Prompt Enable safe string constraint violation assertions.
+  gEfiMdePkgTokenSpaceGuid.PcdAssertOnSafeStringConstraints|TRUE|BOOLEAN|0x0000002e
+
 [PcdsFixedAtBuild, PcdsPatchableInModule, PcdsDynamic, PcdsDynamicEx]
   ## This value is used to set the base address of PCI express hierarchy.
   # @Prompt PCI Express Base Address.
diff --git a/MdePkg/Library/BaseLib/BaseLib.inf b/MdePkg/Library/BaseLib/BaseLib.inf
index 3586beb0ab..bc98bc6134 100644
--- a/MdePkg/Library/BaseLib/BaseLib.inf
+++ b/MdePkg/Library/BaseLib/BaseLib.inf
@@ -390,11 +390,12 @@ [LibraryClasses]
   BaseMemoryLib
 
 [Pcd]
-  gEfiMdePkgTokenSpaceGuid.PcdMaximumLinkedListLength      ## SOMETIMES_CONSUMES
-  gEfiMdePkgTokenSpaceGuid.PcdMaximumAsciiStringLength     ## SOMETIMES_CONSUMES
-  gEfiMdePkgTokenSpaceGuid.PcdMaximumUnicodeStringLength   ## SOMETIMES_CONSUMES
-  gEfiMdePkgTokenSpaceGuid.PcdControlFlowEnforcementPropertyMask   ## SOMETIMES_CONSUMES
-  gEfiMdePkgTokenSpaceGuid.PcdSpeculationBarrierType       ## SOMETIMES_CONSUMES
+  gEfiMdePkgTokenSpaceGuid.PcdAssertOnSafeStringConstraints       ## SOMETIMES_CONSUMES
+  gEfiMdePkgTokenSpaceGuid.PcdMaximumLinkedListLength             ## SOMETIMES_CONSUMES
+  gEfiMdePkgTokenSpaceGuid.PcdMaximumAsciiStringLength            ## SOMETIMES_CONSUMES
+  gEfiMdePkgTokenSpaceGuid.PcdMaximumUnicodeStringLength          ## SOMETIMES_CONSUMES
+  gEfiMdePkgTokenSpaceGuid.PcdControlFlowEnforcementPropertyMask  ## SOMETIMES_CONSUMES
+  gEfiMdePkgTokenSpaceGuid.PcdSpeculationBarrierType              ## SOMETIMES_CONSUMES
 
 [FeaturePcd]
   gEfiMdePkgTokenSpaceGuid.PcdVerifyNodeInList  ## CONSUMES
diff --git a/MdePkg/Library/BaseLib/SafeString.c b/MdePkg/Library/BaseLib/SafeString.c
index 7dc03d2caa..56b5e34a8d 100644
--- a/MdePkg/Library/BaseLib/SafeString.c
+++ b/MdePkg/Library/BaseLib/SafeString.c
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@
 
 #define SAFE_STRING_CONSTRAINT_CHECK(Expression, Status)  \
   do { \
-    ASSERT (Expression); \
+    if (PcdGetBool (PcdAssertOnSafeStringConstraints)) { \
+      ASSERT (Expression); \
+    } \
     if (!(Expression)) { \
       return Status; \
     } \
diff --git a/MdePkg/MdePkg.uni b/MdePkg/MdePkg.uni
index 5c1fa24065..425b66bb43 100644
--- a/MdePkg/MdePkg.uni
+++ b/MdePkg/MdePkg.uni
@@ -287,6 +287,12 @@
 
 #string STR_gEfiMdePkgTokenSpaceGuid_PcdGuidedExtractHandlerTableAddress_HELP  #language en-US "This value is used to set the available memory address to store Guided Extract Handlers. The required memory space is decided by the value of PcdMaximumGuidedExtractHandler."
 
+#string STR_gEfiMdePkgTokenSpaceGuid_PcdAssertOnSafeStringConstraints_PROMPT  #language en-US "Enable safe string constraint violation assertions"
+
+#string STR_gEfiMdePkgTokenSpaceGuid_PcdAssertOnSafeStringConstraints_HELP  #language en-US "Indicates if safe string constraint violation should assert.<BR><BR>\n"
+                                                                                   "TRUE  - Safe string constraint violation causes assertion.<BR>\n"
+                                                                                   "FALSE - Safe string constraint violation does not cause assertion.<BR>"
+
 #string STR_gEfiMdePkgTokenSpaceGuid_PcdPciExpressBaseAddress_PROMPT  #language en-US "PCI Express Base Address"
 
 #string STR_gEfiMdePkgTokenSpaceGuid_PcdPciExpressBaseAddress_HELP  #language en-US "This value is used to set the base address of PCI express hierarchy."
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2.21.0 (Apple Git-122)