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<title>kernel/linux.git/arch/powerpc/include/asm/bitops.h, branch v5.15.208</title>
<subtitle>Linux kernel stable tree (mirror)</subtitle>
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<updated>2021-08-25T03:35:49+00:00</updated>
<entry>
<title>powerpc: Use lwarx/ldarx directly instead of PPC_LWARX/LDARX macros</title>
<updated>2021-08-25T03:35:49+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Christophe Leroy</name>
<email>christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu</email>
</author>
<published>2021-03-02T08:48:11+00:00</published>
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Force the eh flag at 0 on PPC32.

Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy &lt;christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu&gt;
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/1fc81f07cabebb875b963e295408cc3dd38c8d85.1614674882.git.christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu

</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>powerpc/bitops: Fix possible undefined behaviour with fls() and fls64()</title>
<updated>2020-11-19T03:50:13+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Christophe Leroy</name>
<email>christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu</email>
</author>
<published>2020-10-22T14:05:46+00:00</published>
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fls() and fls64() are using __builtin_ctz() and _builtin_ctzll().
On powerpc, those builtins trivially use ctlzw and ctlzd power
instructions.

Allthough those instructions provide the expected result with
input argument 0, __builtin_ctz() and __builtin_ctzll() are
documented as undefined for value 0.

The easiest fix would be to use fls() and fls64() functions
defined in include/asm-generic/bitops/builtin-fls.h and
include/asm-generic/bitops/fls64.h, but GCC output is not optimal:

00000388 &lt;testfls&gt;:
 388:   2c 03 00 00     cmpwi   r3,0
 38c:   41 82 00 10     beq     39c &lt;testfls+0x14&gt;
 390:   7c 63 00 34     cntlzw  r3,r3
 394:   20 63 00 20     subfic  r3,r3,32
 398:   4e 80 00 20     blr
 39c:   38 60 00 00     li      r3,0
 3a0:   4e 80 00 20     blr

000003b0 &lt;testfls64&gt;:
 3b0:   2c 03 00 00     cmpwi   r3,0
 3b4:   40 82 00 1c     bne     3d0 &lt;testfls64+0x20&gt;
 3b8:   2f 84 00 00     cmpwi   cr7,r4,0
 3bc:   38 60 00 00     li      r3,0
 3c0:   4d 9e 00 20     beqlr   cr7
 3c4:   7c 83 00 34     cntlzw  r3,r4
 3c8:   20 63 00 20     subfic  r3,r3,32
 3cc:   4e 80 00 20     blr
 3d0:   7c 63 00 34     cntlzw  r3,r3
 3d4:   20 63 00 40     subfic  r3,r3,64
 3d8:   4e 80 00 20     blr

When the input of fls(x) is a constant, just check x for nullity and
return either 0 or __builtin_clz(x). Otherwise, use cntlzw instruction
directly.

For fls64() on PPC64, do the same but with __builtin_clzll() and
cntlzd instruction. On PPC32, lets take the generic fls64() which
will use our fls(). The result is as expected:

00000388 &lt;testfls&gt;:
 388:   7c 63 00 34     cntlzw  r3,r3
 38c:   20 63 00 20     subfic  r3,r3,32
 390:   4e 80 00 20     blr

000003a0 &lt;testfls64&gt;:
 3a0:   2c 03 00 00     cmpwi   r3,0
 3a4:   40 82 00 10     bne     3b4 &lt;testfls64+0x14&gt;
 3a8:   7c 83 00 34     cntlzw  r3,r4
 3ac:   20 63 00 20     subfic  r3,r3,32
 3b0:   4e 80 00 20     blr
 3b4:   7c 63 00 34     cntlzw  r3,r3
 3b8:   20 63 00 40     subfic  r3,r3,64
 3bc:   4e 80 00 20     blr

Fixes: 2fcff790dcb4 ("powerpc: Use builtin functions for fls()/__fls()/fls64()")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy &lt;christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu&gt;
Acked-by: Segher Boessenkool &lt;segher@kernel.crashing.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/348c2d3f19ffcff8abe50d52513f989c4581d000.1603375524.git.christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>powerpc: Remove IBM405 Erratum #77</title>
<updated>2020-05-28T13:24:36+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Christophe Leroy</name>
<email>christophe.leroy@c-s.fr</email>
</author>
<published>2020-05-21T16:56:02+00:00</published>
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This erratum is dedicated to IBM 405GP and STB03xxx
which are now gone.

Remove this erratum.

Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy &lt;christophe.leroy@c-s.fr&gt;
Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy &lt;christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu&gt;
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/44dbc08e9034681eb28324cbabc086e97044c36c.1590079969.git.christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>powerpc: support KASAN instrumentation of bitops</title>
<updated>2019-11-07T02:15:40+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Daniel Axtens</name>
<email>dja@axtens.net</email>
</author>
<published>2019-08-20T02:49:41+00:00</published>
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The powerpc-specific bitops are not being picked up by the KASAN
test suite.

Instrumentation is done via the bitops/instrumented-{atomic,lock}.h
headers. They require that arch-specific versions of bitop functions
are renamed to arch_*. Do this renaming.

For clear_bit_unlock_is_negative_byte, the current implementation
uses the PG_waiters constant. This works because it's a preprocessor
macro - so it's only actually evaluated in contexts where PG_waiters
is defined. With instrumentation however, it becomes a static inline
function, and all of a sudden we need the actual value of PG_waiters.
Because of the order of header includes, it's not available and we
fail to compile. Instead, manually specify that we care about bit 7.
This is still correct: bit 7 is the bit that would mark a negative
byte.

While we're at it, replace __inline__ with inline across the file.

Reviewed-by: Christophe Leroy &lt;christophe.leroy@c-s.fr&gt;
Signed-off-by: Daniel Axtens &lt;dja@axtens.net&gt;
Tested-by: Christophe Leroy &lt;christophe.leroy@c-s.fr&gt;
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20190820024941.12640-2-dja@axtens.net
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 152</title>
<updated>2019-05-30T18:26:32+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Thomas Gleixner</name>
<email>tglx@linutronix.de</email>
</author>
<published>2019-05-27T06:55:01+00:00</published>
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Based on 1 normalized pattern(s):

  this program is free software you can redistribute it and or modify
  it under the terms of the gnu general public license as published by
  the free software foundation either version 2 of the license or at
  your option any later version

extracted by the scancode license scanner the SPDX license identifier

  GPL-2.0-or-later

has been chosen to replace the boilerplate/reference in 3029 file(s).

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Allison Randal &lt;allison@lohutok.net&gt;
Cc: linux-spdx@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190527070032.746973796@linutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>powerpc/405: move PPC405_ERR77 in asm-405.h</title>
<updated>2018-07-30T12:48:13+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Christophe Leroy</name>
<email>christophe.leroy@c-s.fr</email>
</author>
<published>2018-07-05T16:24:55+00:00</published>
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<content type='text'>
Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy &lt;christophe.leroy@c-s.fr&gt;
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>powerpc: Remove __ilog2()s and use generic ones</title>
<updated>2017-06-02T09:23:56+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Christophe Leroy</name>
<email>christophe.leroy@c-s.fr</email>
</author>
<published>2017-04-21T11:18:52+00:00</published>
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With the __ilog2() function as defined in
arch/powerpc/include/asm/bitops.h, GCC will not optimise the code
in case of constant parameter.

The generic ilog2() function in include/linux/log2.h is written
to handle the case of the constant parameter.

This patch discards the three __ilog2() functions and
defines __ilog2() as ilog2()

For non constant calls, the generated code is doing the same:
int test__ilog2(unsigned long x)
{
	return __ilog2(x);
}

int test__ilog2_u32(u32 n)
{
	return __ilog2_u32(n);
}

int test__ilog2_u64(u64 n)
{
	return __ilog2_u64(n);
}

On PPC32 before the patch:
00000000 &lt;test__ilog2&gt;:
   0:	7c 63 00 34 	cntlzw  r3,r3
   4:	20 63 00 1f 	subfic  r3,r3,31
   8:	4e 80 00 20 	blr

0000000c &lt;test__ilog2_u32&gt;:
   c:	7c 63 00 34 	cntlzw  r3,r3
  10:	20 63 00 1f 	subfic  r3,r3,31
  14:	4e 80 00 20 	blr

On PPC32 after the patch:
00000000 &lt;test__ilog2&gt;:
   0:	7c 63 00 34 	cntlzw  r3,r3
   4:	20 63 00 1f 	subfic  r3,r3,31
   8:	4e 80 00 20 	blr

0000000c &lt;test__ilog2_u32&gt;:
   c:	7c 63 00 34 	cntlzw  r3,r3
  10:	20 63 00 1f 	subfic  r3,r3,31
  14:	4e 80 00 20 	blr

On PPC64 before the patch:
0000000000000000 &lt;.test__ilog2&gt;:
   0:	7c 63 00 74 	cntlzd  r3,r3
   4:	20 63 00 3f 	subfic  r3,r3,63
   8:	7c 63 07 b4 	extsw   r3,r3
   c:	4e 80 00 20 	blr

0000000000000010 &lt;.test__ilog2_u32&gt;:
  10:	7c 63 00 34 	cntlzw  r3,r3
  14:	20 63 00 1f 	subfic  r3,r3,31
  18:	7c 63 07 b4 	extsw   r3,r3
  1c:	4e 80 00 20 	blr

0000000000000020 &lt;.test__ilog2_u64&gt;:
  20:	7c 63 00 74 	cntlzd  r3,r3
  24:	20 63 00 3f 	subfic  r3,r3,63
  28:	7c 63 07 b4 	extsw   r3,r3
  2c:	4e 80 00 20 	blr

On PPC64 after the patch:
0000000000000000 &lt;.test__ilog2&gt;:
   0:	7c 63 00 74 	cntlzd  r3,r3
   4:	20 63 00 3f 	subfic  r3,r3,63
   8:	7c 63 07 b4 	extsw   r3,r3
   c:	4e 80 00 20 	blr

0000000000000010 &lt;.test__ilog2_u32&gt;:
  10:	7c 63 00 34 	cntlzw  r3,r3
  14:	20 63 00 1f 	subfic  r3,r3,31
  18:	7c 63 07 b4 	extsw   r3,r3
  1c:	4e 80 00 20 	blr

0000000000000020 &lt;.test__ilog2_u64&gt;:
  20:	7c 63 00 74 	cntlzd  r3,r3
  24:	20 63 00 3f 	subfic  r3,r3,63
  28:	7c 63 07 b4 	extsw   r3,r3
  2c:	4e 80 00 20 	blr

Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy &lt;christophe.leroy@c-s.fr&gt;
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>powerpc: Replace ffz() by equivalent generic function</title>
<updated>2017-06-02T09:23:55+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Christophe Leroy</name>
<email>christophe.leroy@c-s.fr</email>
</author>
<published>2017-04-21T11:18:50+00:00</published>
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With the ffz() function as defined in arch/powerpc/include/asm/bitops.h
GCC will not optimise the code in case of constant parameter.

This patch replaces ffz() by the generic function.

The generic ffz(x) expects to never be called with ~x == 0
as written in the comment in include/asm-generic/bitops/ffz.h
The only user of ffz() within arch/powerpc/ is
platforms/512x/mpc5121_ads_cpld.c, which checks if x is not 0xff

For non constant calls, the generated code is doing the same:

unsigned long testffz(unsigned long x)
{
	return ffz(x);
}

On PPC32, before the patch:
00000018 &lt;testffz&gt;:
  18:	7c 63 18 f9 	not.    r3,r3
  1c:	40 82 00 0c 	bne     28 &lt;testffz+0x10&gt;
  20:	38 60 00 20 	li      r3,32
  24:	4e 80 00 20 	blr
  28:	7d 23 00 d0 	neg     r9,r3
  2c:	7d 23 18 38 	and     r3,r9,r3
  30:	7c 63 00 34 	cntlzw  r3,r3
  34:	20 63 00 1f 	subfic  r3,r3,31
  38:	4e 80 00 20 	blr

On PPC32, after the patch:
00000018 &lt;testffz&gt;:
  18:	39 23 00 01 	addi    r9,r3,1
  1c:	7d 23 18 78 	andc    r3,r9,r3
  20:	7c 63 00 34 	cntlzw  r3,r3
  24:	20 63 00 1f 	subfic  r3,r3,31
  28:	4e 80 00 20 	blr

On PPC64, before the patch:
0000000000000030 &lt;.testffz&gt;:
  30:	7c 60 18 f9 	not.    r0,r3
  34:	38 60 00 40 	li      r3,64
  38:	4d 82 00 20 	beqlr
  3c:	7c 60 00 d0 	neg     r3,r0
  40:	7c 63 00 38 	and     r3,r3,r0
  44:	7c 63 00 74 	cntlzd  r3,r3
  48:	20 63 00 3f 	subfic  r3,r3,63
  4c:	7c 63 07 b4 	extsw   r3,r3
  50:	4e 80 00 20 	blr

On PPC64, after the patch:
0000000000000030 &lt;.testffz&gt;:
  30:	38 03 00 01 	addi    r0,r3,1
  34:	7c 03 18 78 	andc    r3,r0,r3
  38:	7c 63 00 74 	cntlzd  r3,r3
  3c:	20 63 00 3f 	subfic  r3,r3,63
  40:	4e 80 00 20 	blr

Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy &lt;christophe.leroy@c-s.fr&gt;
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>powerpc: Use builtin functions for fls()/__fls()/fls64()</title>
<updated>2017-06-02T09:23:55+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Christophe Leroy</name>
<email>christophe.leroy@c-s.fr</email>
</author>
<published>2017-04-21T11:18:48+00:00</published>
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<content type='text'>
With the fls() functions as defined in arch/powerpc/include/asm/bitops.h
GCC will not optimise the code in case of constant parameter.

This patch replaces __fls() by the builtin function, and modifies
fls() and fls64() to use builtins instead of inline assembly

For non constant calls, the generated code is doing the same:

int testfls(unsigned int x)
{
	return fls(x);
}

unsigned long test__fls(unsigned long x)
{
	return __fls(x);
}

int testfls64(__u64 x)
{
	return fls64(x);
}

On PPC32, before the patch:
00000064 &lt;testfls&gt;:
  64:	7c 63 00 34 	cntlzw  r3,r3
  68:	20 63 00 20 	subfic  r3,r3,32
  6c:	4e 80 00 20 	blr

00000070 &lt;test__fls&gt;:
  70:	7c 63 00 34 	cntlzw  r3,r3
  74:	20 63 00 1f 	subfic  r3,r3,31
  78:	4e 80 00 20 	blr

0000007c &lt;testfls64&gt;:
  7c:	2c 03 00 00 	cmpwi   r3,0
  80:	40 82 00 10 	bne     90 &lt;testfls64+0x14&gt;
  84:	7c 83 00 34 	cntlzw  r3,r4
  88:	20 63 00 20 	subfic  r3,r3,32
  8c:	4e 80 00 20 	blr
  90:	7c 63 00 34 	cntlzw  r3,r3
  94:	20 63 00 40 	subfic  r3,r3,64
  98:	4e 80 00 20 	blr

On PPC32, after the patch:
00000054 &lt;testfls&gt;:
  54:	7c 63 00 34 	cntlzw  r3,r3
  58:	20 63 00 20 	subfic  r3,r3,32
  5c:	4e 80 00 20 	blr

00000060 &lt;test__fls&gt;:
  60:	7c 63 00 34 	cntlzw  r3,r3
  64:	20 63 00 1f 	subfic  r3,r3,31
  68:	4e 80 00 20 	blr

0000006c &lt;testfls64&gt;:
  6c:	2c 03 00 00 	cmpwi   r3,0
  70:	41 82 00 10 	beq     80 &lt;testfls64+0x14&gt;
  74:	7c 63 00 34 	cntlzw  r3,r3
  78:	20 63 00 40 	subfic  r3,r3,64
  7c:	4e 80 00 20 	blr
  80:	7c 83 00 34 	cntlzw  r3,r4
  84:	20 63 00 40 	subfic  r3,r3,32
  88:	4e 80 00 20 	blr

On PPC64, before the patch:
00000000000000a0 &lt;.testfls&gt;:
  a0:	7c 63 00 34 	cntlzw  r3,r3
  a4:	20 63 00 20 	subfic  r3,r3,32
  a8:	7c 63 07 b4 	extsw   r3,r3
  ac:	4e 80 00 20 	blr

00000000000000b0 &lt;.test__fls&gt;:
  b0:	7c 63 00 74 	cntlzd  r3,r3
  b4:	20 63 00 3f 	subfic  r3,r3,63
  b8:	7c 63 07 b4 	extsw   r3,r3
  bc:	4e 80 00 20 	blr

00000000000000c0 &lt;.testfls64&gt;:
  c0:	7c 63 00 74 	cntlzd  r3,r3
  c4:	20 63 00 40 	subfic  r3,r3,64
  c8:	7c 63 07 b4 	extsw   r3,r3
  cc:	4e 80 00 20 	blr

On PPC64, after the patch:
0000000000000090 &lt;.testfls&gt;:
  90:	7c 63 00 34 	cntlzw  r3,r3
  94:	20 63 00 20 	subfic  r3,r3,32
  98:	7c 63 07 b4 	extsw   r3,r3
  9c:	4e 80 00 20 	blr

00000000000000a0 &lt;.test__fls&gt;:
  a0:	7c 63 00 74 	cntlzd  r3,r3
  a4:	20 63 00 3f 	subfic  r3,r3,63
  a8:	4e 80 00 20 	blr
  ac:	60 00 00 00 	nop

00000000000000b0 &lt;.testfls64&gt;:
  b0:	7c 63 00 74 	cntlzd  r3,r3
  b4:	20 63 00 40 	subfic  r3,r3,64
  b8:	7c 63 07 b4 	extsw   r3,r3
  bc:	4e 80 00 20 	blr

Those builtins have been in GCC since at least 3.4.6 (see
https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-3.4.6/gcc/Other-Builtins.html )

Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy &lt;christophe.leroy@c-s.fr&gt;
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>powerpc: Discard ffs()/__ffs() function and use builtin functions instead</title>
<updated>2017-06-02T09:23:54+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Christophe Leroy</name>
<email>christophe.leroy@c-s.fr</email>
</author>
<published>2017-04-21T11:18:46+00:00</published>
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With the ffs() function as defined in arch/powerpc/include/asm/bitops.h
GCC will not optimise the code in case of constant parameter, as shown
by the small exemple below.

int ffs_test(void)
{
	return 4 &lt;&lt; ffs(31);
}

c0012334 &lt;ffs_test&gt;:
c0012334:       39 20 00 01     li      r9,1
c0012338:       38 60 00 04     li      r3,4
c001233c:       7d 29 00 34     cntlzw  r9,r9
c0012340:       21 29 00 20     subfic  r9,r9,32
c0012344:       7c 63 48 30     slw     r3,r3,r9
c0012348:       4e 80 00 20     blr

With this patch, the same function will compile as follows:

c0012334 &lt;ffs_test&gt;:
c0012334:       38 60 00 08     li      r3,8
c0012338:       4e 80 00 20     blr

The same happens with __ffs()

For non constant calls, the generated code is doing the same,
allthought it is slightly different on 64 bits for ffs():

unsigned long test__ffs(unsigned long x)
{
	return __ffs(x);
}

int testffs(int x)
{
	return ffs(x);
}

On PPC32, before the patch:
0000003c &lt;test__ffs&gt;:
  3c:	7d 23 00 d0 	neg     r9,r3
  40:	7d 23 18 38 	and     r3,r9,r3
  44:	7c 63 00 34 	cntlzw  r3,r3
  48:	20 63 00 1f 	subfic  r3,r3,31
  4c:	4e 80 00 20 	blr

00000050 &lt;testffs&gt;:
  50:	7d 23 00 d0 	neg     r9,r3
  54:	7d 23 18 38 	and     r3,r9,r3
  58:	7c 63 00 34 	cntlzw  r3,r3
  5c:	20 63 00 20 	subfic  r3,r3,32
  60:	4e 80 00 20 	blr

On PPC32, after the patch:
0000002c &lt;test__ffs&gt;:
  2c:	7d 23 00 d0 	neg     r9,r3
  30:	7d 23 18 38 	and     r3,r9,r3
  34:	7c 63 00 34 	cntlzw  r3,r3
  38:	20 63 00 1f 	subfic  r3,r3,31
  3c:	4e 80 00 20 	blr

00000040 &lt;testffs&gt;:
  40:	7d 23 00 d0 	neg     r9,r3
  44:	7d 23 18 38 	and     r3,r9,r3
  48:	7c 63 00 34 	cntlzw  r3,r3
  4c:	20 63 00 20 	subfic  r3,r3,32
  50:	4e 80 00 20 	blr

On PPC64, before the patch:
0000000000000060 &lt;.test__ffs&gt;:
  60:	7c 03 00 d0 	neg     r0,r3
  64:	7c 03 18 38 	and     r3,r0,r3
  68:	7c 63 00 74 	cntlzd  r3,r3
  6c:	20 63 00 3f 	subfic  r3,r3,63
  70:	7c 63 07 b4 	extsw   r3,r3
  74:	4e 80 00 20 	blr

0000000000000080 &lt;.testffs&gt;:
  80:	7c 03 00 d0 	neg     r0,r3
  84:	7c 03 18 38 	and     r3,r0,r3
  88:	7c 63 00 74 	cntlzd  r3,r3
  8c:	20 63 00 40 	subfic  r3,r3,64
  90:	7c 63 07 b4 	extsw   r3,r3
  94:	4e 80 00 20 	blr

On PPC64, after the patch:
0000000000000050 &lt;.test__ffs&gt;:
  50:	7c 03 00 d0 	neg     r0,r3
  54:	7c 03 18 38 	and     r3,r0,r3
  58:	7c 63 00 74 	cntlzd  r3,r3
  5c:	20 63 00 3f 	subfic  r3,r3,63
  60:	4e 80 00 20 	blr

0000000000000070 &lt;.testffs&gt;:
  70:	7c 03 00 d0 	neg     r0,r3
  74:	7c 03 18 38 	and     r3,r0,r3
  78:	7c 63 00 34 	cntlzw  r3,r3
  7c:	20 63 00 20 	subfic  r3,r3,32
  80:	7c 63 07 b4 	extsw   r3,r3
  84:	4e 80 00 20 	blr
(ffs() operates on an int so cntlzw is equivalent to cntlzd)

In addition, when reading the generated vmlinux, we can observe
that with the builtin functions, GCC sometimes efficiently spreads
the instructions within the generated functions while the inline
assembly force them to remain grouped together.

__builtin_ffs() is already used in arch/powerpc/include/asm/page_32.h

Those builtins have been in GCC since at least 3.4.6 (see
https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-3.4.6/gcc/Other-Builtins.html )

Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy &lt;christophe.leroy@c-s.fr&gt;
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
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