[PATCH 2/3] include: minmax.h: implement compare3 helper

[Ahmad Fatoum]

Define the macro for use in comparison functions. The macro has the same
semantics as systemd's CMP() macro with the difference that it returns
constant expressions if possible.

Signed-off-by: Ahmad Fatoum <ahmad at a3f.at>
---
 include/linux/minmax.h | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/minmax.h b/include/linux/minmax.h
index 396df1121bff..9b6ddad7b3f6 100644
--- a/include/linux/minmax.h
+++ b/include/linux/minmax.h
@@ -166,4 +166,24 @@
 #define swap(a, b) \
 	do { typeof(a) __tmp = (a); (a) = (b); (b) = __tmp; } while (0)
 
+
+#define __compare3(x, y)	((x) < (y) ? -1 : (x) > (y) ? 1 : 0)
+
+#define __compare3_once(x, y, unique_x, unique_y) ({	\
+		typeof(x) unique_x = (x);		\
+		typeof(y) unique_y = (y);		\
+		__compare3(unique_x, unique_y); })
+
+/**
+ * compare3 - 3-way comparison of @x and @y
+ * @x: first value
+ * @y: second value
+ *
+ * returns -1 if x < y, 0 if x == y and 1 if x > y
+ */
+#define compare3(x, y) \
+	__builtin_choose_expr(__safe_cmp(x, y), \
+		__compare3(x, y), \
+		__compare3_once(x, y, __UNIQUE_ID(__x), __UNIQUE_ID(__y)))
+
 #endif	/* _LINUX_MINMAX_H */
-- 
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