linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/3] x86/irq: improve definition of VECTOR

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Message-ID: <239931b5-d066-6015-6726-1758dd5ecce4@gmail.com>
Date:   Sun, 4 Aug 2019 10:19:45 +0200
From:   Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, x86@...nel.org
Cc:     Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] x86/irq: improve definition of VECTOR_SHUTDOWN et al

These values are used with IS_ERR(), so it's more intuitive to define
them like a standard PTR_ERR() of a negative errno.

Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/hw_irq.h | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/hw_irq.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/hw_irq.h
index cbd97e22d..4154bc5f6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/hw_irq.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/hw_irq.h
@@ -153,8 +153,8 @@ extern char irq_entries_start[];
 extern char spurious_entries_start[];
 
 #define VECTOR_UNUSED		NULL
-#define VECTOR_SHUTDOWN		((void *)~0UL)
-#define VECTOR_RETRIGGERED	((void *)~1UL)
+#define VECTOR_SHUTDOWN		((void *)-1L)
+#define VECTOR_RETRIGGERED	((void *)-2L)
 
 typedef struct irq_desc* vector_irq_t[NR_VECTORS];
 DECLARE_PER_CPU(vector_irq_t, vector_irq);
-- 
2.22.0