ignore_ret.h

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#ifndef COMMON_LINUX_IGNORE_RET_H_
#define COMMON_LINUX_IGNORE_RET_H_

// Some compilers are prone to warn about unused return values. In cases where
// either a) the call cannot fail, or b) there is nothing that can be done when
// the call fails, IGNORE_RET() can be used to mark the return code as ignored.
// This avoids spurious compiler warnings.

#define IGNORE_RET(x) do { if (x); } while (0)

#endif  // COMMON_LINUX_IGNORE_RET_H_