From: David Mosberger <davidm@napali.hpl.hp.com>
To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Linux-ia64] ia64_fls patch (asm-ia64/bitops.h)
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 22:53:25 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <marc-linux-ia64-105590709805706@msgid-missing> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <marc-linux-ia64-105590709805705@msgid-missing>
>>>>> On Thu, 16 Jan 2003 17:48:33 -0500, "MAGENHEIMER,DAN (HP-FtCollins,ex1)" <dan_magenheimer@hp.com> said:
Dan> Here's a patch for a mistake in ia64_fls in bitops.h. The result
Dan> was incorrect (64) for inputs starting at 0xfffffffffffffc00.
Dan> I've also fixed the comment and the return value (which was -65535!)
Dan> for a zero input value.
No! The comment was correct: the function is UNDEFINED for an argument of 0.
The rest looks good though.
--david
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2003-01-16 22:48 [Linux-ia64] ia64_fls patch (asm-ia64/bitops.h) MAGENHEIMER,DAN (HP-FtCollins,ex1)
2003-01-16 22:53 ` David Mosberger [this message]
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