From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org,
Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>,
Nicolas Schier <nsc@kernel.org>,
linux-s390@vger.kernel.org, Heiko Carstens <hca@linux.ibm.com>,
Vasily Gorbik <gor@linux.ibm.com>,
Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@linux.ibm.com>,
Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
Bjorn Andersson <andersson@kernel.org>,
Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>,
Christian Marangi <ansuelsmth@gmail.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] err.h: use __always_inline on all error pointer helpers
Date: Tue, 26 May 2026 12:18:41 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260526101851.2495110-1-arnd@kernel.org> (raw)
From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
While testing randconfig builds on s390, I came across a
link failure with CONFIG_DMA_SHARED_BUFFER disabled:
ERROR: modpost: "dma_buf_put" [drivers/iommu/iommufd/iommufd.ko] undefined!
The problem here is that IS_ERR() is not inlined and dead code elimination
fails as a consequence.
The err.h helpers all turn into a trivial assignment ot a bit mask
and should never result in a function call, so force them to always be
inline. This should generally result in better object code aside from
avoiding the link failure above.
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
---
include/linux/err.h | 12 ++++++------
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/err.h b/include/linux/err.h
index 8c37be0620ab..d3e38d5b3a98 100644
--- a/include/linux/err.h
+++ b/include/linux/err.h
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
*
* Return: A pointer with @error encoded within its value.
*/
-static inline void * __must_check ERR_PTR(long error)
+static __always_inline void * __must_check ERR_PTR(long error)
{
return (void *) error;
}
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ static inline void * __must_check ERR_PTR(long error)
* @ptr: An error pointer.
* Return: The error code within @ptr.
*/
-static inline long __must_check PTR_ERR(__force const void *ptr)
+static __always_inline long __must_check PTR_ERR(__force const void *ptr)
{
return (long) ptr;
}
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ static inline long __must_check PTR_ERR(__force const void *ptr)
* @ptr: The pointer to check.
* Return: true if @ptr is an error pointer, false otherwise.
*/
-static inline bool __must_check IS_ERR(__force const void *ptr)
+static __always_inline bool __must_check IS_ERR(__force const void *ptr)
{
return IS_ERR_VALUE((unsigned long)ptr);
}
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ static inline bool __must_check IS_ERR(__force const void *ptr)
*
* Like IS_ERR(), but also returns true for a null pointer.
*/
-static inline bool __must_check IS_ERR_OR_NULL(__force const void *ptr)
+static __always_inline bool __must_check IS_ERR_OR_NULL(__force const void *ptr)
{
return unlikely(!ptr) || IS_ERR_VALUE((unsigned long)ptr);
}
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ static inline bool __must_check IS_ERR_OR_NULL(__force const void *ptr)
* 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)
+static __always_inline void * __must_check ERR_CAST(__force const void *ptr)
{
/* cast away the const */
return (void *) ptr;
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ static inline void * __must_check ERR_CAST(__force const void *ptr)
*
* Return: The error code within @ptr if it is an error pointer; 0 otherwise.
*/
-static inline int __must_check PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(__force const void *ptr)
+static __always_inline int __must_check PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(__force const void *ptr)
{
if (IS_ERR(ptr))
return PTR_ERR(ptr);
--
2.39.5
next reply other threads:[~2026-05-26 10:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-26 10:18 Arnd Bergmann [this message]
2026-05-26 15:01 ` [PATCH] err.h: use __always_inline on all error pointer helpers Alexander Lobakin
2026-05-26 21:03 ` Arnd Bergmann
2026-05-27 14:06 ` Alexander Lobakin
2026-05-27 14:25 ` Arnd Bergmann
2026-05-27 14:30 ` Alexander Lobakin
2026-05-27 22:13 ` David Laight
2026-05-26 19:37 ` Nathan Chancellor
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