4 #include <linux/compiler.h>
9 * Kernel pointers have redundant information, so we can use a
10 * scheme where we can return either an error code or a dentry
11 * pointer with the same return value.
13 * This should be a per-architecture thing, to allow different
14 * error and pointer decisions.
16 #define MAX_ERRNO 4095
18 #define IS_ERR_VALUE(x) unlikely((x) >= (unsigned long)-MAX_ERRNO)
20 static inline void *ERR_PTR(long error)
22 return (void *) error;
25 static inline long PTR_ERR(const void *ptr)
30 static inline long IS_ERR(const void *ptr)
32 return IS_ERR_VALUE((unsigned long)ptr);
35 #endif /* _LINUX_ERR_H */