linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V1 resend] err.h: add (missing) unlikely() to IS_ERR_OR

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Message-ID: <20151113082351.GI3576@ubuntu>
Date:	Fri, 13 Nov 2015 13:53:51 +0530
From:	Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
To:	trivial@...nel.org
Cc:	linaro-kernel@...ts.linaro.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH V1 resend] err.h: add (missing) unlikely() to
 IS_ERR_OR_NULL()

On 29-10-15, 07:57, Viresh Kumar wrote:
> On 13-10-15, 13:57, Viresh Kumar wrote:
> > IS_ERR_VALUE() already contains it and so we need to add this only to
> > the !ptr check. That will allow users of IS_ERR_OR_NULL(), to not add
> > this compiler flag.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
> > ---
> > @Jiri: You have applied all other patches, but this one. Can you please
> > apply this one as well, as all others were applied based on the
> > assumption that this one is applied. :)
> > 
> >  include/linux/err.h | 2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/include/linux/err.h b/include/linux/err.h
> > index a729120644d5..56762ab41713 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/err.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/err.h
> > @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ static inline bool __must_check IS_ERR(__force const void *ptr)
> >  
> >  static inline bool __must_check IS_ERR_OR_NULL(__force const void *ptr)
> >  {
> > -	return !ptr || IS_ERR_VALUE((unsigned long)ptr);
> > +	return unlikely(!ptr) || IS_ERR_VALUE((unsigned long)ptr);
> >  }
> 
> Ping !!

Another Ping !!

-- 
viresh
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