IS_ERR_VALUE(9)

💅 IS_ERR_VALUE 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for IS_ERR_VALUE — yes it’s giving “tiny pointer-checking icon” energy and we’re gonna get into it ✨

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🎀 NAME 🎀

IS_ERR_VALUE — detect an error pointer. slay, that’s the whole vibe 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

IS_ERR_VALUE (x );

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• x — the pointer to check. that’s it, that’s the bestie 🫶

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so it’s literally like IS_ERR, but it does not generate a compiler warning if the result is unused. no cap, that’s the important bit 😌✨

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💖 SEE ALSO 💖

go peek at these too, bestie:

• Kernel file ./include/linux/err.h
• ERR_PTR(9)
• INIT_ERR_PTR(9)
• PTR_ERR(9)
• IS_ERR(9)
• IS_ERR_OR_NULL(9)
• ERR_CAST(9)
• PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(9)

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mwah 💋 — signed off from source/version ./include/linux, dated October 2026. IS_ERR_VALUE(9) out, bestie 🫶💖