linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] x86: merge the simple bitops and move them to bitops.h

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Message-Id: <20080314163037.e15a49db.randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Date:	Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:30:37 -0700
From:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
To:	Alexander van Heukelum <heukelum@...lshack.com>
Cc:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Alexander van Heukelum <heukelum@...tmail.fm>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] x86: merge the simple bitops and move them to
 bitops.h

On Fri, 14 Mar 2008 21:35:26 +0100 Alexander van Heukelum wrote:

> x86: merge the simple bitops and move them to bitops.h.
> 
> 
> Improved comments for ffs and fls.

There is still room for some comment improvements IMO.  See below.


> Signed-off-by: Alexander van Heukelum <heukelum@...tmail.fm>
> 
> ---
> 
> diff --git a/include/asm-x86/bitops.h b/include/asm-x86/bitops.h
> index 1a23ce1..363a4ff 100644
> --- a/include/asm-x86/bitops.h
> +++ b/include/asm-x86/bitops.h
> @@ -310,6 +309,104 @@ static int test_bit(int nr, const volatile unsigned long *addr);
>  	 constant_test_bit((nr),(addr)) :	\
>  	 variable_test_bit((nr),(addr)))
>  
> +/**
> + * __ffs - find first bit in word.

              find first bit set in word

[The "first bit in word" could have any value in {0, 1}, so the
return value would depend on which end you considered "first".  ;]

> + * @word: The word to search
> + *
> + * Undefined if no bit exists, so code should check against 0 first.
> + */
> +static inline unsigned long __ffs(unsigned long word)
> +{
> +	__asm__("bsf %1,%0"
> +		:"=r" (word)
> +		:"rm" (word));
> +	return word;
> +}
> +
> +/**
> + * ffz - find first zero in word.

            find first zero bit in word

> + * @word: The word to search
> + *
> + * Undefined if no zero exists, so code should check against ~0UL first.
> + */
> +static inline unsigned long ffz(unsigned long word)
> +{
> +	__asm__("bsf %1,%0"
> +		:"=r" (word)
> +		:"r" (~word));
> +	return word;
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * __fls: find last bit set.

      __fls - find last bit set in word

> + * @word: The word to search
> + *
> + * Undefined if no zero exists, so code should check against ~0UL first.
> + */
> +static inline unsigned long __fls(unsigned long word)
> +{
> +	__asm__("bsr %1,%0"
> +		:"=r" (word)
> +		:"rm" (word));
> +	return word;
> +}
> +
> +#ifdef __KERNEL__
> +/**
> + * ffs - find first bit set

                               in word

> + * @x: the word to search
> + *
> + * This is defined the same way as the libc and compiler builtin ffs
> + * routines, therefore differs in spirit from the other bitops.
> + *
> + * ffs(value) returns 0 if value is 0 or the position of the first
> + * set bit if value is nonzero. The first (least significant) bit
> + * is at position 1.
> + */
> +static inline int ffs(int x)
> +{
> +	int r;
> +#ifdef CONFIG_X86_CMOV
> +	__asm__("bsfl %1,%0\n\t"
> +		"cmovzl %2,%0"
> +		: "=r" (r) : "rm" (x), "r" (-1));
> +#else
> +	__asm__("bsfl %1,%0\n\t"
> +		"jnz 1f\n\t"
> +		"movl $-1,%0\n"
> +		"1:" : "=r" (r) : "rm" (x));
> +#endif
> +	return r + 1;
> +}
> +
> +/**
> + * fls - find last bit set

                              in word

> + * @x: the word to search
> + *
> + * This is defined in a similar way as the libc and compiler builtin
> + * ffs, but returns the position of the most significant set bit.
> + *
> + * fls(value) returns 0 if value is 0 or the position of the last
> + * set bit if value is nonzero. The last (most significant) bit is
> + * at position 32.
> + */
> +static inline int fls(int x)
> +{
> +	int r;
> +#ifdef CONFIG_X86_CMOV
> +	__asm__("bsrl %1,%0\n\t"
> +		"cmovzl %2,%0"
> +		: "=&r" (r) : "rm" (x), "rm" (-1));
> +#else
> +	__asm__("bsrl %1,%0\n\t"
> +		"jnz 1f\n\t"
> +		"movl $-1,%0\n"
> +		"1:" : "=r" (r) : "rm" (x));
> +#endif
> +	return r + 1;
> +}
> +#endif /* __KERNEL__ */


---
~Randy
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