fls in asm for x86_64 From: Stephen Hemminger Use single instruction for find largest set bit on x86_64. [Updated by Jan Beulich to fix wrong asm constraints in original patch -AK] Cc: jbeulich@novell.com Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen Index: linux/include/asm-x86_64/bitops.h =================================================================== --- linux.orig/include/asm-x86_64/bitops.h +++ linux/include/asm-x86_64/bitops.h @@ -370,6 +370,22 @@ static __inline__ int ffs(int x) } /** + * fls - find last bit set + * @x: the word to search + * + * This is defined the same way as ffs. + */ +static __inline__ int fls(int x) +{ + int r; + + __asm__("bsrl %1,%0\n\t" + "cmovzl %2,%0" + : "=&r" (r) : "rm" (x), "rm" (-1)); + return r+1; +} + +/** * hweightN - returns the hamming weight of a N-bit word * @x: the word to weigh * @@ -407,9 +423,6 @@ static __inline__ int ffs(int x) #define minix_find_first_zero_bit(addr,size) \ find_first_zero_bit((void*)addr,size) -/* find last set bit */ -#define fls(x) generic_fls(x) - #endif /* __KERNEL__ */ #endif /* _X86_64_BITOPS_H */