| commit | 603c4ba96be998a8dd7a6f9b23681c49acdf4b64 | [log] [tgz] |
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| author | Phil Carmody <ext-phil.2.carmody@nokia.com> | Mon Dec 14 18:00:29 2009 -0800 |
| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | Tue Dec 15 08:53:27 2009 -0800 |
| tree | 1b85fc526219085ceaffca54150eee64c3aba4a0 | |
| parent | 9385565e20c4acf97cd8e2fd7155750e578edcc4 [diff] |
err.h: add helper function to simplify pointer error checking There are quite a few instances in the kernel of checks of pointers both against NULL and against the errno range, handling both cases identically. This additional helper function would simplify such code. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: build fix] Signed-off-by: Phil Carmody <ext-phil.2.carmody@nokia.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>