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SubjectRe: linux/bitops.h
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On 05/04/2016 02:56 PM, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>> Beware that shifting by an amount >= the number of bits in the
>> word remains Undefined Behavior.

> This construct has been supported as a rotate since at least gcc2.

How then should we understand the story told in commit d7e35dfa?
Is the story wrong?

At the very least, something inconsistent is going on. There
are 8 functions. Why did d7e35dfa change one of them but
not the other 7?

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