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From: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@nvidia.com>
To: Yury Norov <ynorov@nvidia.com>
Cc: Yury Norov <yury.norov@gmail.com>,
	Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>,
	Rasmus Villemoes <linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk>,
	Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>,
	"Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@zx2c4.com>,
	Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kexec@lists.infradead.org,
	linux-cifs@vger.kernel.org, linux-spi@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-hyperv@vger.kernel.org,
	"K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@microsoft.com>,
	Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@microsoft.com>,
	Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>,
	Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>, Steve French <sfrench@samba.org>,
	Alexander Graf <graf@amazon.com>, Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>,
	Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] lib: count_zeros: fix 32/64-bit inconsistency in count_trailing_zeros()
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2026 14:18:55 -0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260313171855.GA1744604@nvidia.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260312230817.372878-1-ynorov@nvidia.com>

On Thu, Mar 12, 2026 at 07:08:16PM -0400, Yury Norov wrote:
> Based on 'sizeof(x) == 4' condition, in 32-bit case the function is wired
> to ffs(), while in 64-bit case to __ffs(). The difference is substantial:
> ffs(x) == __ffs(x) + 1. Also, ffs(0) == 0, while __ffs(0) is undefined.
> 
> The 32-bit behaviour is inconsistent with the function description, so it
> needs to get fixed.
> 
> There are 9 individual users for the function in 6 different subsystems.
> Some arches and drivers are 64-bit only:
>  - arch/loongarch/kvm/intc/eiointc.c;
>  - drivers/hv/mshv_vtl_main.c;
>  - kernel/liveupdate/kexec_handover.c;
> 
> The others are:
>  - ib_umem_find_best_pgsz(): as per comment, __ffs() should be correct;

So long as 32 bit works the same as 64 bit it is correct for ib

Jason

  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-03-13 17:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-03-12 23:08 [PATCH] lib: count_zeros: fix 32/64-bit inconsistency in count_trailing_zeros() Yury Norov
2026-03-12 23:54 ` Enzo Matsumiya
2026-03-13 16:31   ` Yury Norov
2026-03-13  9:47 ` Andy Shevchenko
2026-03-13 17:48   ` Yury Norov
2026-03-13 18:41     ` Konstantin Ryabitsev
2026-03-13 17:18 ` Jason Gunthorpe [this message]
2026-03-13 18:14   ` Yury Norov
2026-03-17  9:14     ` Leon Romanovsky
2026-03-18 16:31       ` Yury Norov

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