Introduce min_array() (resp max_array()) in order to get the minimal (resp maximum) of values present in an array.
Signed-off-by: Herve Codina herve.codina@bootlin.com --- include/linux/minmax.h | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/linux/minmax.h b/include/linux/minmax.h index 396df1121bff..37a211f22404 100644 --- a/include/linux/minmax.h +++ b/include/linux/minmax.h @@ -133,6 +133,32 @@ */ #define max_t(type, x, y) __careful_cmp((type)(x), (type)(y), >)
+#define __minmax_array(op, array, len) ({ \ + typeof(array) __array = (array); \ + typeof(len) __len = (len); \ + typeof(*__array + 0) __element = __array[--__len]; \ + while (__len--) \ + __element = op(__element, __array[__len]); \ + __element; }) + +/** + * min_array - return minimum of values present in an array + * @array: array + * @len: array length + * + * Note that @len must not be zero (empty array). + */ +#define min_array(array, len) __minmax_array(min, array, len) + +/** + * max_array - return maximum of values present in an array + * @array: array + * @len: array length + * + * Note that @len must not be zero (empty array). + */ +#define max_array(array, len) __minmax_array(max, array, len) + /** * clamp_t - return a value clamped to a given range using a given type * @type: the type of variable to use