From: Zhangjin Wu > Sent: 14 August 2023 11:42 ... > [...] > > > > Sure it's not pretty, and I'd rather just go back to SET_ERRNO() to be > > > > honest, because we're there just because of the temptation to remove > > > > lines that were not causing any difficulties :-/ > > > > > > > > I think we can do something in-between and deal only with signed returns, > > > > and explicitly place the test for MAX_ERRNO on the two unsigned ones > > > > (brk and mmap). It should look approximately like this: > > > > > > > > #define __sysret(arg) \ > > > > ({ \ > > > > __typeof__(arg) __sysret_arg = (arg); \ > > > > (__sysret_arg < 0) ? ({ /* error ? */ \ > > > > SET_ERRNO(-__sysret_arg); /* yes: errno != -ret */ \ > > > > ((__typeof__(arg)) -1); /* return -1 */ \ I'm pretty sure you don't need the explicit cast. (It would be needed for a pointer type.) Can you use __arg < ? SET_ERRNO(-__arg), -1 : __arg Thinking, maybe it should be: #define __sysret(syscall_fn_args) ({ __typeof__(syscall_fn_args) __rval = syscall_fn_args; __rval >= 0 ? __rval : SET_ERRNO(-__rval), -1; }) Since, IIRC, the usage is return __sysret(sycall_fn(args)); I'm not sure how public SET_ERRO() is. But it could include the negate have the value of -1 cast to its argument type? I think: error = -(int)(long)(arg + 0u); will avoid any sign extension - the (int) might not even be needed. David - Registered Address Lakeside, Bramley Road, Mount Farm, Milton Keynes, MK1 1PT, UK Registration No: 1397386 (Wales)