From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add definitions of USHRT_MAX
From: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
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Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:51:18 -0700
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To: "Zhang, Yanmin" <yanmin_zhang@linux.intel.com>
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On Fri, 2008-03-21 at 09:40 +0800, Zhang, Yanmin wrote:
> Add definitions of USHRT_MAX and others into kernel. ipc uses it and
> slub implementation might also use it.
> +#define USHRT_MAX	((u16)(~0U))
> +#define SHRT_MAX	((s16)(USHRT_MAX>>1))
> +#define SHRT_MIN	(-SHRT_MAX - 1)

Perhaps it's better to use the most common kernel types?
Perhaps U16_MAX, S16_MAX and S16_MIN?

Don't you need to cast SHRT_MIN/S16_MIN too?
#define S16_MIN ((s16)(-SHRT_MAX - 1))

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