From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list xfs); Tue, 04 Dec 2007 19:21:33 -0800 (PST) Received: from larry.melbourne.sgi.com (larry.melbourne.sgi.com [134.14.52.130]) by oss.sgi.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.10/SuSE Linux 0.7) with SMTP id lB53LPY8024338 for ; Tue, 4 Dec 2007 19:21:28 -0800 Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2007 14:21:28 +1100 From: David Chinner Subject: Re: [Patch] xfs_lowbit64 broken on ia32 Message-ID: <20071205032128.GB115527101@sgi.com> References: <20071203211620.GN115527101@sgi.com> <475608D8.4070402@sgi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <475608D8.4070402@sgi.com> Sender: xfs-bounce@oss.sgi.com Errors-to: xfs-bounce@oss.sgi.com List-Id: xfs To: Lachlan McIlroy Cc: David Chinner , xfs-oss , xfs-dev On Wed, Dec 05, 2007 at 01:11:36PM +1100, Lachlan McIlroy wrote: > David Chinner wrote: > >The recent change to the internals of xfs_lowbit64 broke it on > >ia32 - the code treats the 64bit value as an unsigned long > >which is only 32 bits on ia32 and hence throws away the high 32 > >bits. 64 bit platforms are not affected. > > > >Tested with a userspace implementation comparing the original > >code with the new code. > > > >Signed-off-by: Dave Chinner > >--- > > fs/xfs/xfs_bit.h | 4 ++-- > > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > > >Index: 2.6.x-xfs-new/fs/xfs/xfs_bit.h > >=================================================================== > >--- 2.6.x-xfs-new.orig/fs/xfs/xfs_bit.h 2007-11-02 > >13:44:45.000000000 +1100 > >+++ 2.6.x-xfs-new/fs/xfs/xfs_bit.h 2007-12-03 14:43:33.169851481 +1100 > >@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ static inline int xfs_lowbit32(__uint32_ > > /* Get low bit set out of 64-bit argument, -1 if none set */ > > static inline int xfs_lowbit64(__uint64_t v) > > { > >- unsigned long t = v; > >- return (v) ? find_first_bit(&t, 64) : -1; > >+ unsigned long long t = v; > Why create a local copy? Why not just pass v into find_first_bit()? Because I thought that taking the address of a function parameter was a big no-no because the result is undefined (i.e. platform and compiler dependent)? Cheers, Dave. -- Dave Chinner Principal Engineer SGI Australian Software Group