The patch titled
Fix IS_ERR Threshold Value
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
fix-is_err-threshold-value.patch
See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find
out what to do about this
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Subject: Fix IS_ERR Threshold Value
From: Ralf Baechle <ralf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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 <ralf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/err.h | 4 +++-
1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff -puN include/linux/err.h~fix-is_err-threshold-value include/linux/err.h
--- a/include/linux/err.h~fix-is_err-threshold-value
+++ a/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)
{
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from ralf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx are
origin.patch
fix-the-au1000_fir-dependencies.patch
fix-is_err-threshold-value.patch
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