assert: Add new dead_code() macro to assert dead code paths

This patch adds a new kind of compile-time assertion based on Linux'
compiletime_assert(). The difference to the existing use of
_Static_assert() in coreboot (which should continue to be used where
appropriate) is that this new assertion only hits if the call to it is
not optimized out at compile time. It is therefore ideal to assert that
certain code paths are not included in the image if a certain Kconfig
option is (not) set. For example,

 assert(!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_THAT_MAKES_THIS_INAPPROPRIATE));

can be rewritten as

 if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_THAT_MAKES_THIS_INAPPROPRIATE))
   dead_code("This code shouldn't be built for config X");

to turn it into a compile-time check.

Change-Id: Ida2911e2e4b3191a00d09231b493bf755e6f0fcb
Signed-off-by: Julius Werner <jwerner@chromium.org>
Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/20585
Reviewed-by: Aaron Durbin <adurbin@chromium.org>
Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) <no-reply@coreboot.org>
Reviewed-by: Paul Menzel <paulepanter@users.sourceforge.net>

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