kernel_optimize_test/arch
David Howells f0d1b0b30d [PATCH] LOG2: Implement a general integer log2 facility in the kernel
This facility provides three entry points:

	ilog2()		Log base 2 of unsigned long
	ilog2_u32()	Log base 2 of u32
	ilog2_u64()	Log base 2 of u64

These facilities can either be used inside functions on dynamic data:

	int do_something(long q)
	{
		...;
		y = ilog2(x)
		...;
	}

Or can be used to statically initialise global variables with constant values:

	unsigned n = ilog2(27);

When performing static initialisation, the compiler will report "error:
initializer element is not constant" if asked to take a log of zero or of
something not reducible to a constant.  They treat negative numbers as
unsigned.

When not dealing with a constant, they fall back to using fls() which permits
them to use arch-specific log calculation instructions - such as BSR on
x86/x86_64 or SCAN on FRV - if available.

[akpm@osdl.org: MMC fix]
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Cc: Wojtek Kaniewski <wojtekka@toxygen.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-12-08 08:28:51 -08:00
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alpha [PATCH] LOG2: Implement a general integer log2 facility in the kernel 2006-12-08 08:28:51 -08:00
arm [PATCH] LOG2: Implement a general integer log2 facility in the kernel 2006-12-08 08:28:51 -08:00
arm26 [PATCH] LOG2: Implement a general integer log2 facility in the kernel 2006-12-08 08:28:51 -08:00
avr32 [PATCH] LOG2: Implement a general integer log2 facility in the kernel 2006-12-08 08:28:51 -08:00
cris [PATCH] LOG2: Implement a general integer log2 facility in the kernel 2006-12-08 08:28:51 -08:00
frv [PATCH] LOG2: Implement a general integer log2 facility in the kernel 2006-12-08 08:28:51 -08:00
h8300 [PATCH] LOG2: Implement a general integer log2 facility in the kernel 2006-12-08 08:28:51 -08:00
i386 [PATCH] LOG2: Implement a general integer log2 facility in the kernel 2006-12-08 08:28:51 -08:00
ia64 [PATCH] LOG2: Implement a general integer log2 facility in the kernel 2006-12-08 08:28:51 -08:00
m32r [PATCH] LOG2: Implement a general integer log2 facility in the kernel 2006-12-08 08:28:51 -08:00
m68k [PATCH] LOG2: Implement a general integer log2 facility in the kernel 2006-12-08 08:28:51 -08:00
m68knommu [PATCH] LOG2: Implement a general integer log2 facility in the kernel 2006-12-08 08:28:51 -08:00
mips [PATCH] LOG2: Implement a general integer log2 facility in the kernel 2006-12-08 08:28:51 -08:00
parisc [PATCH] LOG2: Implement a general integer log2 facility in the kernel 2006-12-08 08:28:51 -08:00
powerpc [PATCH] LOG2: Implement a general integer log2 facility in the kernel 2006-12-08 08:28:51 -08:00
ppc [PATCH] LOG2: Implement a general integer log2 facility in the kernel 2006-12-08 08:28:51 -08:00
s390 [PATCH] LOG2: Implement a general integer log2 facility in the kernel 2006-12-08 08:28:51 -08:00
sh [PATCH] LOG2: Implement a general integer log2 facility in the kernel 2006-12-08 08:28:51 -08:00
sh64 [PATCH] LOG2: Implement a general integer log2 facility in the kernel 2006-12-08 08:28:51 -08:00
sparc [PATCH] LOG2: Implement a general integer log2 facility in the kernel 2006-12-08 08:28:51 -08:00
sparc64 [PATCH] LOG2: Implement a general integer log2 facility in the kernel 2006-12-08 08:28:51 -08:00
um [PATCH] UML: add generic BUG support 2006-12-08 08:28:39 -08:00
v850 [PATCH] LOG2: Implement a general integer log2 facility in the kernel 2006-12-08 08:28:51 -08:00
x86_64 [PATCH] LOG2: Implement a general integer log2 facility in the kernel 2006-12-08 08:28:51 -08:00
xtensa [PATCH] LOG2: Implement a general integer log2 facility in the kernel 2006-12-08 08:28:51 -08:00