[Concept,03/23] linux: Add minmax.h with in_range helper

Message ID 20260119061529.3383191-4-sjg@u-boot.org
State New
Headers
Series Reduce ext4_uboot.h by moving definitions to linux headers |

Commit Message

Simon Glass Jan. 19, 2026, 6:15 a.m. UTC
  From: Simon Glass <simon.glass@canonical.com>

Create linux/minmax.h with in_range(), in_range64(), and in_range32()
helper functions for range checking operations.

Update ext4_uboot.h to use linux/minmax.h instead of duplicating
the in_range definition.

Co-developed-by: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <simon.glass@canonical.com>
---

 fs/ext4l/ext4_uboot.h  |  8 ++-----
 include/linux/minmax.h | 52 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 54 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 include/linux/minmax.h
  

Patch

diff --git a/fs/ext4l/ext4_uboot.h b/fs/ext4l/ext4_uboot.h
index 7ad24732cf4..bfeb31f465c 100644
--- a/fs/ext4l/ext4_uboot.h
+++ b/fs/ext4l/ext4_uboot.h
@@ -815,12 +815,8 @@  static inline unsigned long memweight(const void *ptr, size_t bytes)
 #define sb_no_casefold_compat_fallback(sb)	({ (void)(sb); 1; })
 #define generic_ci_validate_strict_name(d, n)	({ (void)(d); (void)(n); 1; })
 
-/* in_range helper - check if value is in range [start, start+len) */
-static inline int in_range(unsigned long val, unsigned long start,
-			   unsigned long len)
-{
-	return val >= start && val < start + len;
-}
+/* in_range - use linux/minmax.h */
+#include <linux/minmax.h>
 
 /* Quota stub */
 #define dquot_reclaim_block(i, n)	do { } while (0)
diff --git a/include/linux/minmax.h b/include/linux/minmax.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..52ce477459d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/minmax.h
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@ 
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+/*
+ * Min/max and related utilities for U-Boot
+ *
+ * Based on Linux minmax.h - min, max, clamp, and range helpers.
+ */
+#ifndef _LINUX_MINMAX_H
+#define _LINUX_MINMAX_H
+
+#include <linux/types.h>
+
+/**
+ * in_range - check if value is within a range
+ * @val: value to test
+ * @start: start of range (inclusive)
+ * @len: length of range
+ *
+ * Return: true if @val is in [@start, @start + @len), false otherwise
+ */
+static inline bool in_range(unsigned long val, unsigned long start,
+			    unsigned long len)
+{
+	return val >= start && val < start + len;
+}
+
+/**
+ * in_range64 - check if 64-bit value is within a range
+ * @val: value to test
+ * @start: start of range (inclusive)
+ * @len: length of range
+ *
+ * Return: true if @val is in [@start, @start + @len), false otherwise
+ */
+static inline bool in_range64(u64 val, u64 start, u64 len)
+{
+	return (val - start) < len;
+}
+
+/**
+ * in_range32 - check if 32-bit value is within a range
+ * @val: value to test
+ * @start: start of range (inclusive)
+ * @len: length of range
+ *
+ * Return: true if @val is in [@start, @start + @len), false otherwise
+ */
+static inline bool in_range32(u32 val, u32 start, u32 len)
+{
+	return (val - start) < len;
+}
+
+#endif /* _LINUX_MINMAX_H */