tools/include/linux/err.h
Source file repositories/reference/linux-study-clean/tools/include/linux/err.h
File Facts
- System
- Linux kernel
- Corpus path
tools/include/linux/err.h- Extension
.h- Size
- 2033 bytes
- Lines
- 76
- Domain
- Support Tooling And Documentation
- Bucket
- tools
- Inferred role
- Support Tooling And Documentation: implementation source
- Status
- source implementation candidate
Why This File Exists
Repository support layer: documentation, build tooling, samples, user-space helper tools, generated initramfs support, licenses, and validation utilities.
- Repository support layer: documentation, build tooling, samples, user-space helper tools, generated initramfs support, licenses, and validation utilities.
Dependency Surface
linux/compiler.hlinux/types.hasm/errno.h
Detected Declarations
function ERR_PTRfunction PTR_ERRfunction IS_ERRfunction IS_ERR_OR_NULLfunction PTR_ERR_OR_ZEROfunction ERR_CAST
Annotated Snippet
#ifndef __TOOLS_LINUX_ERR_H
#define __TOOLS_LINUX_ERR_H
#include <linux/compiler.h>
#include <linux/types.h>
#include <asm/errno.h>
/*
* Original kernel header comment:
*
* Kernel pointers have redundant information, so we can use a
* scheme where we can return either an error code or a normal
* pointer with the same return value.
*
* This should be a per-architecture thing, to allow different
* error and pointer decisions.
*
* Userspace note:
* The same principle works for userspace, because 'error' pointers
* fall down to the unused hole far from user space, as described
* in Documentation/arch/x86/x86_64/mm.rst for x86_64 arch:
*
* 0000000000000000 - 00007fffffffffff (=47 bits) user space, different per mm hole caused by [48:63] sign extension
* ffffffffffe00000 - ffffffffffffffff (=2 MB) unused hole
*
* It should be the same case for other architectures, because
* this code is used in generic kernel code.
*/
#define MAX_ERRNO 4095
#define IS_ERR_VALUE(x) unlikely((x) >= (unsigned long)-MAX_ERRNO)
static inline void * __must_check ERR_PTR(long error_)
{
return (void *) error_;
}
static inline long __must_check PTR_ERR(__force const void *ptr)
{
return (long) ptr;
}
static inline bool __must_check IS_ERR(__force const void *ptr)
{
return IS_ERR_VALUE((unsigned long)ptr);
}
static inline bool __must_check IS_ERR_OR_NULL(__force const void *ptr)
{
return unlikely(!ptr) || IS_ERR_VALUE((unsigned long)ptr);
}
static inline int __must_check PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(__force const void *ptr)
{
if (IS_ERR(ptr))
return PTR_ERR(ptr);
else
return 0;
}
/**
* ERR_CAST - Explicitly cast an error-valued pointer to another pointer type
* @ptr: The pointer to cast.
*
* Explicitly cast an error-valued pointer to another pointer type in such a
* way as to make it clear that's what's going on.
*/
static inline void * __must_check ERR_CAST(__force const void *ptr)
{
/* cast away the const */
return (void *) ptr;
}
#endif /* _LINUX_ERR_H */
Annotation
- Immediate include surface: `linux/compiler.h`, `linux/types.h`, `asm/errno.h`.
- Detected declarations: `function ERR_PTR`, `function PTR_ERR`, `function IS_ERR`, `function IS_ERR_OR_NULL`, `function PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO`, `function ERR_CAST`.
- Atlas domain: Support Tooling And Documentation / tools.
- Implementation status: source implementation candidate.
Implementation Notes
- This generated page is the file-by-file coverage layer; curated subsystem chapters should link here when they synthesize a multi-file control flow.
- Core OS pages should be promoted from atlas-only to deep-reviewed when they explain data structures, invariants, locking, lifecycle, and C implementation snippets.
- Driver-family pages are intentionally pattern-oriented unless they are part of the selected PCIe/NVMe representative device path.