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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/math.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/math.h | 19 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/math.h b/include/linux/math.h index 2d388650c556..dd4152711de7 100644 --- a/include/linux/math.h +++ b/include/linux/math.h @@ -156,6 +156,25 @@ __STRUCT_FRACT(u32) ({ signed type __x = (x); __x < 0 ? -__x : __x; }), other) /** + * abs_diff - return absolute value of the difference between the arguments + * @a: the first argument + * @b: the second argument + * + * @a and @b have to be of the same type. With this restriction we compare + * signed to signed and unsigned to unsigned. The result is the subtraction + * the smaller of the two from the bigger, hence result is always a positive + * value. + * + * Return: an absolute value of the difference between the @a and @b. + */ +#define abs_diff(a, b) ({ \ + typeof(a) __a = (a); \ + typeof(b) __b = (b); \ + (void)(&__a == &__b); \ + __a > __b ? (__a - __b) : (__b - __a); \ +}) + +/** * reciprocal_scale - "scale" a value into range [0, ep_ro) * @val: value * @ep_ro: right open interval endpoint |