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From: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/31] bitops: add parity functions
Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2016 19:56:04 -0700
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On Tue, 2016-03-29 at 10:27 +0800, Zeng Zhaoxiu wrote:
> =E5=9C=A8 2016=E5=B9=B403=E6=9C=8828=E6=97=A5 14:51, Sam Ravnborg =E5=
=86=99=E9=81=93:
[]
> > Defining these as static inlines in asm-generic prevent an
> > architecture
> > from selecting between a more optimal asm version or the generic ve=
rsion
> > at run-time.
> > sparc would benefit from this as only some sparc chips supports pop=
c.
> > See how this is done for hweight*
> >=20
> > 	Sam
> Thanks. I will try.

You might also try to describe in any commit message
and perhaps the internal documentation why using gcc's
__builtin_parity isn't appropriate.