linux-kernel - Re: x86: A fast way to check capabilities of the current cpu

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Message-Id: <20101215125626.25f7d648.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Wed, 15 Dec 2010 12:56:26 -0800
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
Cc:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
	Pekka Enbeerg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>
Subject: Re: x86: A fast way to check capabilities of the current cpu

On Wed, 15 Dec 2010 14:07:39 -0600 (CST)
Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com> wrote:

> +#define cpu_has(c, bit)							\
> +	(__builtin_constant_p(bit) && REQUIRED_MASK_BIT_SET(bit) ? 1 :	\
>  	 test_cpu_cap(c, bit))
> 
> +#define this_cpu_has(bit)						\
> +	(__builtin_constant_p(bit) && REQUIRED_MASK_BIT_SET(bit) ? 1 : 	\
> +	 this_cpu_test_bit(bit, (unsigned long *)&cpu_info.x86_capability))
> +

Isn't

	a ? 1 : b

a complex way of writing

	a || b

?
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