[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 <ralf@linux-mips.org>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
diff --git a/include/linux/err.h b/include/linux/err.h
index ff71d2a..cd3b367 100644
--- 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)
{