<linux/compiler_types.h>: Add the __signed_scalar_typeof() helper

Define __signed_scalar_typeof() to declare a signed scalar type, leaving
non-scalar types unchanged.

To be used to clean up the scheduler load-balancing code a bit.

[ mingo: Split off this patch from the scheduler patch. ]

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@arm.com>
Cc: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@redhat.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Shrikanth Hegde <sshegde@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Valentin Schneider <vschneid@redhat.com>
Cc: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251127154725.413564507@infradead.org
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Peter Zijlstra 2025-11-27 16:39:44 +01:00 • committed by Ingo Molnar
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