diff --git a/headers/private/shared/syscall_utils.h b/headers/private/shared/syscall_utils.h
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2008, Ingo Weinhold, ingo_weinhold@gmx.de.
+ * Distributed under the terms of the MIT License.
+ */
+#ifndef _SYSCALL_UTILS_H
+#define _SYSCALL_UTILS_H
+
+#define RETURN_AND_SET_ERRNO(err)			\
+	do {									\
+		__typeof(err) raseResult = (err);	\
+		if (raseResult < 0) {				\
+			errno = raseResult;				\
+			return -1;						\
+		}									\
+		return raseResult;					\
+	} while (false)
+
+#endif	// _SYSCALL_UTILS_H