Be lazy : let modules do what they want with stats - without crashing

src/misc/stats.c

@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@
 #include <vlc/vlc.h>
 #include <stdio.h>                                               /* required */
 
-#include <assert.h>
-
 #include "input/input_internal.h"
 
 /*****************************************************************************
@@ -378,7 +376,6 @@ void __stats_TimerDump( vlc_object_t *p_obj, unsigned int i_id )
             break;
         }
     }
-    assert( p_counter );
     TimerDump( p_obj, p_counter, true );
     vlc_mutex_unlock( &priv->timer_lock );
 }
@@ -584,7 +581,8 @@ static int CounterUpdate( vlc_object_t *p_handler,
 static void TimerDump( vlc_object_t *p_obj, counter_t *p_counter,
                        bool b_total )
 {
-    assert( p_counter );
+    if( !p_counter )
+        return;
 
     mtime_t last, total;
     int i_total;