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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/math.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/math.h | 13 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/math.h b/include/linux/math.h index 0198c92cbe3e..6dc1d1d32fbc 100644 --- a/include/linux/math.h +++ b/include/linux/math.h @@ -148,11 +148,16 @@ __STRUCT_FRACT(u32) /** * abs - return absolute value of an argument - * @x: the value. If it is unsigned type, it is converted to signed type first. - * char is treated as if it was signed (regardless of whether it really is) - * but the macro's return type is preserved as char. + * @x: the value. * - * Return: an absolute value of x. + * If it is unsigned type, @x is converted to signed type first. + * char is treated as if it was signed (regardless of whether it really is) + * but the macro's return type is preserved as char. + * + * NOTE, for signed type if @x is the minimum, the returned result is undefined + * as there is not enough bits to represent it as a positive number. + * + * Return: an absolute value of @x. */ #define abs(x) __abs_choose_expr(x, long long, \ __abs_choose_expr(x, long, \ |