fec: add support for PHY interface platform data

[safe/jmp/linux-2.6] / include / linux / err.h

diff --git a/include/linux/err.h b/include/linux/err.h
index 1ab1d44..1b12642 100644 (file)
--- a/include/linux/err.h
+++ b/include/linux/err.h
@@ -34,6 +34,24 @@ static inline long IS_ERR(const void *ptr)
        return IS_ERR_VALUE((unsigned long)ptr);
 }
 
+static inline long IS_ERR_OR_NULL(const void *ptr)
+{
+       return !ptr || IS_ERR_VALUE((unsigned long)ptr);
+}
+
+/**
+ * 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 *ERR_CAST(const void *ptr)
+{
+       /* cast away the const */
+       return (void *) ptr;
+}
+
 #endif
 
 #endif /* _LINUX_ERR_H */