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uapi: add INT_MAX and INT_MIN constants

Some UAPI headers use INT_MAX and INT_MIN. Currently they include
<limits.h> for their definitions, which introduces a problematic
dependency on libc.

Add custom, namespaced definitions of INT_MAX and INT_MIN using the
same values as the regular kernel code.
These definitions are not added to uapi/linux/limits.h, as that header
will conflict with libc definitions on some platforms.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@linutronix.de>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260113-uapi-limits-v2-1-93c20f4b2c1a@linutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>

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Thomas Weißschuh and committed by
Jakub Kicinski
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include/uapi/linux/typelimits.h
··· 1 + /* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note */ 2 + #ifndef _UAPI_LINUX_TYPELIMITS_H 3 + #define _UAPI_LINUX_TYPELIMITS_H 4 + 5 + #define __KERNEL_INT_MAX ((int)(~0U >> 1)) 6 + #define __KERNEL_INT_MIN (-__KERNEL_INT_MAX - 1) 7 + 8 + #endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_TYPELIMITS_H */