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SubjectRe: [PATCH] x86: merge the simple bitops and move them to bitops.h
On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 10:33:29PM +0100, Alexander van Heukelum wrote:
> static inline int fls64(__u64 x)
> {
> __u32 h = x >> 32;
> if (h)
> return fls(h) + 32;
> return fls(x);
> }
>
> I just wanted to move the 64-bit version to that header, with some
> ifdefs to select the right one.

That's still far more than the single 64bit instruction fls64 uses

> In fact I just found out that it only had an effect for 64 bit
> machines. Still, setting it unconditionally feels wrong.

I don't think your feeling is correct.

>
> > > x86_64 has a mysterious inline function set_bit_string, which is
> > > only used by pci-calgary_64.c and pci-gart_64.c. Not sure what to
> > > do with it.
> >
> > It's generic and could really live in linux/bitops.h
>
> It could. But it is a trivial (slow?) implementation. Probably fine

It is this way because the callers in 95+% of all cases only
set a single bit. For that case it is not slow.

-Andi


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