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Re: [PATCH] bitops/32: Convert variable_ffs() and fls() zero-case handling to C
- To: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
- From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2025 13:12:48 -0700
- Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxxxx>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>, Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>, Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, x86@xxxxxxxxxx, Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>, Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@xxxxxxxxxx>, Alexander Usyskin <alexander.usyskin@xxxxxxxxx>, Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Mateusz Jończyk <mat.jonczyk@xxxxx>, Mike Rapoport <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx>, Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@xxxxxxxxxx>, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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On Tue, 29 Apr 2025 at 12:13, Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> That would improve code generation for 32bit, but generally regress 64bit.
>
> Preloading the destination register with -1 is better than the CMOV form
> emitted by the builtin; BSF's habit of conditionally not writing the
> destination register *is* a CMOV of sorts.
Right you are. So we'd need to do this just for the x86-32 case. Oh
well. Ugly, but still prettier than what we have now, I guess.
Linus
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