From: Alex Elder <alex.elder@xxxxxxxxxx> 3.12-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. =============== commit 89a0714106aac7309c7dfa0f004b39e1e89d2942 upstream. Create constants that define the maximum and minimum values representable by the kernel types u8, s8, u16, s16, and so on. Signed-off-by: Alex Elder <elder@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Sage Weil <sage@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@xxxxxxx> --- include/linux/kernel.h | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h index 672ddc4de4af..93bfc3a7e0a3 100644 --- a/include/linux/kernel.h +++ b/include/linux/kernel.h @@ -29,6 +29,19 @@ #define ULLONG_MAX (~0ULL) #define SIZE_MAX (~(size_t)0) +#define U8_MAX ((u8)~0U) +#define S8_MAX ((s8)(U8_MAX>>1)) +#define S8_MIN ((s8)(-S8_MAX - 1)) +#define U16_MAX ((u16)~0U) +#define S16_MAX ((s16)(U16_MAX>>1)) +#define S16_MIN ((s16)(-S16_MAX - 1)) +#define U32_MAX ((u32)~0U) +#define S32_MAX ((s32)(U32_MAX>>1)) +#define S32_MIN ((s32)(-S32_MAX - 1)) +#define U64_MAX ((u64)~0ULL) +#define S64_MAX ((s64)(U64_MAX>>1)) +#define S64_MIN ((s64)(-S64_MAX - 1)) + #define STACK_MAGIC 0xdeadbeef #define REPEAT_BYTE(x) ((~0ul / 0xff) * (x)) -- 2.3.5 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html