[PATCH 0/2] Introduce in_range_incl() inclusive range check macro
From: Guru Das Srinagesh
Date: Sat Aug 15 2026 - 23:17:31 EST
Extend the existing in_range() API to provide a user-friendly inclusive
range check and add one illustrative in-tree example of its use.
The in_range() API lends itself easily to callers who care about a
half-open range, but has no straightforward equivalent for callers that
want to check for an inclusive range. Such callers have to resort to
this pattern:
in_range(val, start, (end - start + 1))
which is quite clunky and easy to mess up. Examples of such callers:
- fs/btrfs/extent-io-tree.c hand-computes the inclusive check by
passing "state->end - state->start + 1" as in_range()'s len argument.
- drivers/md/dm-raid.c has its own file-local __within_range(v, min, max)
helper, independently invented, with almost a dozen call sites in
that one file.
- drivers/iio/imu/bmi270/bmi270_core.c has three "in_range(val, 0,
MAX + 1)" checks in bmi270_write_event_value(), computing the +1 by
hand for the same reason.
This series converts only bmi270_core.c as a first step, as an exemplar
for the usage of the new API.
Signed-off-by: Guru Das Srinagesh <linux@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Guru Das Srinagesh (2):
minmax: Add in_range_incl() for inclusive range checks
iio: imu: bmi270: Use in_range_incl() in bmi270_write_event_value()
drivers/iio/imu/bmi270/bmi270_core.c | 6 +++---
include/linux/minmax.h | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
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base-commit: f5098b6bae761e346ebcd9da7f95622c04733cff
change-id: 20260815-minmax-in-range-incl-a25c242be676
Best regards,
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Guru Das Srinagesh <linux@xxxxxxxxxxx>