linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] err.h: allow IS_ERR_VALUE to handle properly more types

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Date:	Tue, 2 Feb 2016 16:33:50 -0800
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Andrzej Hajda <a.hajda@...sung.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org (open list),
	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>,
	Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@...sung.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] err.h: allow IS_ERR_VALUE to handle properly more
 types

On Thu, 28 Jan 2016 09:27:28 +0100 Andrzej Hajda <a.hajda@...sung.com> wrote:

>  - use '<= 0' instead of '< 0' to silence gcc verbose warnings,
>  - expand commit message.
> ---
>  include/linux/err.h | 4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/err.h b/include/linux/err.h
> index 56762ab..43a6adb 100644
> --- a/include/linux/err.h
> +++ b/include/linux/err.h
> @@ -18,7 +18,9 @@
>  
>  #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
>  
> -#define IS_ERR_VALUE(x) unlikely((x) >= (unsigned long)-MAX_ERRNO)
> +#define IS_ERR_VALUE(x) ((typeof(x))(-1) <= 0 \
> +				? unlikely((x) < 0) \
> +				: unlikely((x) >= (typeof(x))-MAX_ERRNO))

I'm still getting a bunch of 

include/linux/err.h: In function 'IS_ERR':
include/linux/err.h:37: warning: comparison of unsigned expression < 0 is always false
include/linux/err.h: In function 'IS_ERR_OR_NULL':
include/linux/err.h:42: warning: comparison of unsigned expression < 0 is always false

with gcc-4.4.4.