linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] drivers/scsi/tmscsim.c: replace shift loop by ilog2

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Message-ID: <537D6F23.3010704@roeck-us.net>
Date:	Wed, 21 May 2014 20:29:39 -0700
From:	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
CC:	Fabian Frederick <fabf@...net.be>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Kurt Garloff <garloff@...e.de>,
	akpm <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] drivers/scsi/tmscsim.c: replace shift loop by ilog2

On 05/21/2014 06:03 PM, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Wed, 2014-05-21 at 17:28 -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
>> On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 10:06:42AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
>>> On Tue, 2014-05-20 at 18:48 +0200, Fabian Frederick wrote:
>>>> Cc: Kurt Garloff <garloff@...e.de>
>>>> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Fabian Frederick <fabf@...net.be>
>>>> ---
>>>>   drivers/scsi/tmscsim.c | 2 +-
>>>>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/tmscsim.c b/drivers/scsi/tmscsim.c
>>> []
>>>> @@ -1611,7 +1611,7 @@ dc390_Reselect( struct dc390_acb* pACB )
>>>>         printk (KERN_ERR "DC390: Reselection must select host adapter: %02x!\n", lun);
>>>>       else
>>>>         lun ^= 1 << pACB->pScsiHost->this_id; /* Mask AdapterID */
>>>> -    id = 0; while (lun >>= 1) id++;
>>>> +    id = ilog2(lun);
>>>>       /* Get LUN */
>>>>       lun = DC390_read8 (ScsiFifo);
>>>>       if (!(lun & IDENTIFY_BASE)) printk (KERN_ERR "DC390: Resel: Expect identify message!\n");
>>>
>>> Hey Fabian.
>>>
>>> You've submitted several of these now.
>>>
>>> Have you gone through all of these to make sure
>>> that the ilog2(<foo>) uses are always using a
>>> non-zero <foo>?
>>>
>> Maybe I am missing something. Why not just use fls() ?
>
> fls strains Andrew Morton's brain.
>
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/5/19/771
>

:-).

On the other side fls(1) == 1 while ilog2(1) == 0. So some test is necessary anyway.

Guenter

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