Re: [PATCH] rtlwifi/rtl8192c: in _rtl92c_phy_calculate_bit_shiftremove comparing bitmask against 1

From: John W. Linville
Date: Wed Feb 08 2012 - 15:01:37 EST


On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 11:37:20PM -0800, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Tue, 2012-01-31 at 02:11 -0500, Devendra.Naga wrote:
> > From: "Devendra.Naga" <devendra.aaru@xxxxxxxxx>
> []
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192c/phy_common.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192c/phy_common.c
> []
> > @@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ u32 _rtl92c_phy_calculate_bit_shift(u32 bitmask)
> > u32 i;
> >
> > for (i = 0; i <= 31; i++) {
> > - if (((bitmask >> i) & 0x1) == 1)
> > + if ((bitmask >> i) & 0x1)
> > break;
> > }
> > return i;
>
> Perhaps this is simpler and faster:
>
> {
> u32 rtn = (u32)ffs((int)bitmask);
> if (rtn)
> return rtn - 1;
> return 32;
> }

Are you planning to revise your patch based on Joe's suggestion?

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