[PATCH v3 03/22] host-utils: introduce uabs64()

[Luis Pires]

Introduce uabs64(), a function that returns the absolute value of
a 64-bit int as an unsigned value. This avoids the undefined behavior
for common abs implementations, where abs of the most negative value is
undefined.

Signed-off-by: Luis Pires <luis.pires@eldorado.org.br>
Reviewed-by: Richard Henderson <richard.henderson@linaro.org>
Reviewed-by: Eduardo Habkost <ehabkost@redhat.com>
---
 include/qemu/host-utils.h | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/qemu/host-utils.h b/include/qemu/host-utils.h
index 753b9fb89f..ca9f3f021b 100644
--- a/include/qemu/host-utils.h
+++ b/include/qemu/host-utils.h
@@ -357,6 +357,14 @@ static inline uint64_t revbit64(uint64_t x)
 #endif
 }
 
+/**
+ * Return the absolute value of a 64-bit integer as an unsigned 64-bit value
+ */
+static inline uint64_t uabs64(int64_t v)
+{
+    return v < 0 ? -v : v;
+}
+
 /**
  * sadd32_overflow - addition with overflow indication
  * @x, @y: addends
-- 
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