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Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2007 20:11:50 +0200
From: Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@...asas.com>
To: "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@...shcourse.ca>
CC: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>, matthew@....cx
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add the macro to test if "exactly_one_bit_set" to log2.h.
On Tue, Nov 06 2007 at 18:38 +0200, "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@...shcourse.ca> wrote:
> While this macro is defined in terms of "is_power_of_2" and is
> therefore functionally equivalent, the visual semantics are sometimes
> more appropriate for what is actually being tested.
>
> Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@...shcourse.ca>
>
> ---
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/log2.h b/include/linux/log2.h
> index c8cf5e8..d0d324e 100644
> --- a/include/linux/log2.h
> +++ b/include/linux/log2.h
> @@ -55,6 +55,12 @@ bool is_power_of_2(unsigned long n)
> }
>
> /*
> + * And for folks who want slightly different semantics ...
> + */
> +
> +#define exactly_one_bit_set is_power_of_2
at_most_one_bit_set No?
> +
> +/*
> * round up to nearest power of two
> */
> static inline __attribute__((const))
Boaz
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