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Date:	Thu, 23 Apr 2009 10:16:54 +0100
From:	Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@...hat.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, cluster-devel@...hat.com
Cc:	Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] bitops: Add __ffs64 bitop

Finds the first set bit in a 64 bit word. This is required in order
to fix a bug in GFS2, but I think it should be a generic function
in case of future users.

Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@...hat.com>
Reviewed-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
Reviewed-by: Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>

diff --git a/include/linux/bitops.h b/include/linux/bitops.h
index 6182913..c05a29c 100644
--- a/include/linux/bitops.h
+++ b/include/linux/bitops.h
@@ -112,6 +112,25 @@ static inline unsigned fls_long(unsigned long l)
 	return fls64(l);
 }
 
+/**
+ * __ffs64 - find first set bit in a 64 bit word
+ * @word: The 64 bit word
+ *
+ * On 64 bit arches this is a synomyn for __ffs
+ * The result is not defined if no bits are set, so check that @word
+ * is non-zero before calling this.
+ */
+static inline unsigned long __ffs64(u64 word)
+{
+#if BITS_PER_LONG == 32
+	if (((u32)word) == 0UL)
+		return __ffs((u32)(word >> 32)) + 32;
+#elif BITS_PER_LONG != 64
+#error BITS_PER_LONG not 32 or 64
+#endif
+	return __ffs((unsigned long)word);
+}
+
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
 #ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_FIND_FIRST_BIT
 
-- 
1.6.0.6

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