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include/asm-i386/delay.h:
#define ndelay(n) (__builtin_constant_p(n) ? \ ((n) > 20000 ? __bad_ndelay() : __const_udelay((n) * 5ul)) : \ __ndelay(n))
include/linux/fs.h
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/* * Kernel pointers have redundant information, so we can use a * scheme where we can return either an error code or a dentry * pointer with the same return value. * * This should be a per-architecture thing, to allow different * error and pointer decisions. */ #define ERR_PTR(err) ((void *)((long)(err))) #define PTR_ERR(ptr) ((long)(ptr)) #define IS_ERR(ptr) ((unsigned long)(ptr) > (unsigned long)(-1000))
include/asm-i386/uaccess.h:
#define copy_to_user(to,from,n) \ (__builtin_constant_p(n) ? \ __constant_copy_to_user((to),(from),(n)) : \ __generic_copy_to_user((to),(from),(n)))
arch/sparc/kernel/head.S:
/* * Sun people can't spell worth damn. "compatability" indeed. * At least we *know* we can't spell, and use a spell-checker. */ /* Uh, actually Linus it is I who cannot spell. Too much murky * Sparc assembly will do this to ya. */ C_LABEL(cputypvar): .asciz "compatability" /* Tested on SS-5, SS-10. Probably someone at Sun applied a spell-checker. */ .align 4 C_LABEL(cputypvar_sun4m): .asciz "compatible"
arch/sparc/lib/checksum.S:
/* Sun, you just can't beat me, you just can't. Stop trying, * give up. I'm serious, I am going to kick the living shit * out of you, game over, lights out. */