From 603c4ba96be998a8dd7a6f9b23681c49acdf4b64 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Phil Carmody Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:00:29 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] err.h: add helper function to simplify pointer error checking There are quite a few instances in the kernel of checks of pointers both against NULL and against the errno range, handling both cases identically. This additional helper function would simplify such code. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: build fix] Signed-off-by: Phil Carmody Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- include/linux/err.h | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/include/linux/err.h b/include/linux/err.h index ec87f3142bf3..1b12642636c7 100644 --- a/include/linux/err.h +++ b/include/linux/err.h @@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ static inline long IS_ERR(const void *ptr) return IS_ERR_VALUE((unsigned long)ptr); } +static inline long IS_ERR_OR_NULL(const void *ptr) +{ + return !ptr || IS_ERR_VALUE((unsigned long)ptr); +} + /** * ERR_CAST - Explicitly cast an error-valued pointer to another pointer type * @ptr: The pointer to cast. -- 2.20.1