Merge branch 'next' into for-linus

Prepare input updates for 6.4 merge window.

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/util_macros.h b/include/linux/util_macros.h
index 72299f261b25..6bb460c3e818 100644
--- a/include/linux/util_macros.h
+++ b/include/linux/util_macros.h
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 #ifndef _LINUX_HELPER_MACROS_H_
 #define _LINUX_HELPER_MACROS_H_
 
+#include <linux/math.h>
+
 #define __find_closest(x, a, as, op)					\
 ({									\
 	typeof(as) __fc_i, __fc_as = (as) - 1;				\
@@ -38,4 +40,16 @@
  */
 #define find_closest_descending(x, a, as) __find_closest(x, a, as, >=)
 
+/**
+ * is_insidevar - check if the @ptr points inside the @var memory range.
+ * @ptr:	the pointer to a memory address.
+ * @var:	the variable which address and size identify the memory range.
+ *
+ * Evaluates to true if the address in @ptr lies within the memory
+ * range allocated to @var.
+ */
+#define is_insidevar(ptr, var)						\
+	((uintptr_t)(ptr) >= (uintptr_t)(var) &&			\
+	 (uintptr_t)(ptr) <  (uintptr_t)(var) + sizeof(var))
+
 #endif