generic: Implement generic ffs/fls using __builtin_* functions

This patch implements ffs, __ffs, fls, __fls using __builtin_* gcc
functions. These header files can be used by other architectures that
rely on the gcc builtins.

Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>

1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/asm-generic/bitops/builtin-ffs.h b/include/asm-generic/bitops/builtin-ffs.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..064825829e1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/asm-generic/bitops/builtin-ffs.h
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#ifndef _ASM_GENERIC_BITOPS_BUILTIN_FFS_H_
+#define _ASM_GENERIC_BITOPS_BUILTIN_FFS_H_
+
+/**
+ * ffs - find first bit set
+ * @x: the word to search
+ *
+ * This is defined the same way as
+ * the libc and compiler builtin ffs routines, therefore
+ * differs in spirit from the above ffz (man ffs).
+ */
+static __always_inline int ffs(int x)
+{
+	return __builtin_ffs(x);
+}
+
+#endif