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    SubjectRe: [parisc-linux] Re: [PATCH 3/6] C-language equivalents of include/asm-*/bitops.h
    On Thu, Jan 26, 2006 at 04:40:21PM +0000, Russell King wrote:
    > Ok, I can see I'm going to lose this, but what the hell.

    Well, we agree. As Richard Henderson just pointed out, parisc
    is among those that can't load large immediate values either.

    > Let's compare the implementations, which are:
    ...
    > int arm_ffs(unsigned long word)
    > {
    > int k = 31;
    > if (word & 0x0000ffff) { k -= 16; word <<= 16; }
    > if (word & 0x00ff0000) { k -= 8; word <<= 8; }
    > if (word & 0x0f000000) { k -= 4; word <<= 4; }
    > if (word & 0x30000000) { k -= 2; word <<= 2; }
    > if (word & 0x40000000) { k -= 1; }
    > return k;
    > }

    Of those suggested, arm_ffs() is closest to what parisc
    currently has in assembly (see include/asm-parisc/bitops.h:__ffs()).
    But given how unobvious the parisc instruction nullification works,
    the rough equivalent in "C" (untested!) would look something like:

    unsigned int k = 31;
    if (word & 0x0000ffff) { k -= 16;} else { word >>= 16; }
    if (word & 0x000000ff) { k -= 8;} else { word >>= 8; }
    if (word & 0x0000000f) { k -= 4;} else { word >>= 4; }
    if (word & 0x00000003) { k -= 2;} else { word >>= 2; }
    if (word & 0x00000001) { k -= 1;}
    return k;

    I doubt that's better for arm but am curious how it compares.
    You have time to try it?
    If not, no worries.


    > 19 instructions. 2 registers. 0 register based shifts. More reasonable
    > for inlining.

    Yeah, about the same for parisc.

    > Clearly the smallest of the lot with the smallest register pressure,
    > being the best candidate out of the lot, whether we inline it or not.

    Agreed. But I expect parisc will have to continue using it's asm
    sequence and ignore the generic version. AFAIK, the compiler isn't that
    good with instruction nullification and I have other issues I'd
    rather work on.

    cheers,
    grant
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