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#ifndef _LINUX_ERR_H
#define _LINUX_ERR_H

#include <linux/compiler.h>

#include <asm/errno.h>

/*
 * Kernel pointers have redundant information, so we can use a
 * scheme where we can return either an error code or a dentry
 * pointer with the same return value.
 *
 * This should be a per-architecture thing, to allow different
 * error and pointer decisions.
 */
static inline void *ERR_PTR(long error)
{
	return (void *) error;
}

static inline long PTR_ERR(const void *ptr)
{
	return (long) ptr;
}

static inline long IS_ERR(const void *ptr)
{
	return unlikely((unsigned long)ptr > (unsigned long)-1000L);
}

#endif /* _LINUX_ERR_H */
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1da177e4 LT	1	#ifndef _LINUX_ERR_H
	2	#define _LINUX_ERR_H
	3
	4	#include <linux/compiler.h>
	5
	6	#include <asm/errno.h>
	7
	8	/*
	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.
	12	*
	13	* This should be a per-architecture thing, to allow different
	14	* error and pointer decisions.
	15	*/
	16	static inline void *ERR_PTR(long error)
	17	{
	18	return (void *) error;
	19	}
	20
	21	static inline long PTR_ERR(const void *ptr)
	22	{
	23	return (long) ptr;
	24	}
	25
	26	static inline long IS_ERR(const void *ptr)
	27	{
	28	return unlikely((unsigned long)ptr > (unsigned long)-1000L);
	29	}
	30
	31	#endif /* _LINUX_ERR_H */