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Merge up to 2.6.12
Merge of 2.6.x-xfs-melb:linux:22920a by kenmcd.

#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.
 */
#define IS_ERR_VALUE(x) unlikely((x) > (unsigned long)-1000L)

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 IS_ERR_VALUE((unsigned long)ptr);
}

#endif /* _LINUX_ERR_H */