[PATCH] Fix IS_ERR Threshold Value

 o Raise the maximum error number in IS_ERR_VALUE to 4095.
 o Make that number available as a new constant MAX_ERRNO.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <[email protected]>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>

diff --git a/include/linux/err.h b/include/linux/err.h
index ff71d2af5da33ac711da7f64957d8d93bad4f91f..cd3b367f7445e5aa0f25ddbf2f0b96c44a19b94f 100644 (file)
--- a/include/linux/err.h
+++ b/include/linux/err.h
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@
  * This should be a per-architecture thing, to allow different
  * error and pointer decisions.
  */
-#define IS_ERR_VALUE(x) unlikely((x) > (unsigned long)-1000L)
+#define MAX_ERRNO      4095
+
+#define IS_ERR_VALUE(x) unlikely((x) >= (unsigned long)-MAX_ERRNO)
 
 static inline void *ERR_PTR(long error)
 {