linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] rtlwifi/rtl8192c: in _rtl92c_phy_calculate_bit

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Date:	Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:37:20 -0800
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	"Devendra.Naga" <devendra.aaru@...il.com>
Cc:	Larry.Finger@...inger.net, chaoming_li@...lsil.com.cn,
	linville@...driver.com, paul.gortmaker@...driver.com,
	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rtlwifi/rtl8192c: in _rtl92c_phy_calculate_bit_shift
 remove comparing bitmask against 1

On Tue, 2012-01-31 at 02:11 -0500, Devendra.Naga wrote:
> From: "Devendra.Naga" <devendra.aaru@...il.com>
[]
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192c/phy_common.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192c/phy_common.c
[]
> @@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ u32 _rtl92c_phy_calculate_bit_shift(u32 bitmask)
>  	u32 i;
>  
>  	for (i = 0; i <= 31; i++) {
> -		if (((bitmask >> i) & 0x1) == 1)
> +		if ((bitmask >> i) & 0x1)
>  			break;
>  	}
>  	return i;

Perhaps this is simpler and faster:

{
	u32 rtn = (u32)ffs((int)bitmask);
	if (rtn)
		return rtn - 1;
	return 32;
}


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