[PATCH] x86/asm/bitops: Use __builtin_clz{l|ll} to evaluate constant expressions

From: Nick Desaulniers
Date: Mon Aug 28 2023 - 14:54:59 EST


Similar to commit fdb6649ab7c1 ("x86/asm/bitops: Use __builtin_ctzl() to
evaluate constant expressions") and commit 2fcff790dcb4 ("powerpc: Use
builtin functions for fls()/__fls()/fls64()").

>From a recent discussion, I noticed that x86 is lacking an optimization
that appears in arch/powerpc/include/asm/bitops.h related to constant
folding. If you add a BUILD_BUG_ON(__builtin_constant_p(param)) to
these functions, you'll find that there were cases where the use of
inline asm pessimized the compiler's ability to perform constant folding
resulting in runtime calculation of a value that could have been
computed at compile time.

Signed-off-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/llvm/CAKwvOdm_y6UOnxFrAiDxou2jc8CRUvyhfH9kAdc3PG0=bEvduw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
---
arch/x86/include/asm/bitops.h | 9 +++++++++
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/bitops.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/bitops.h
index 2edf68475fec..50e5ebf9d0a0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/bitops.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/bitops.h
@@ -293,6 +293,9 @@ static __always_inline unsigned long variable_ffz(unsigned long word)
*/
static __always_inline unsigned long __fls(unsigned long word)
{
+ if (__builtin_constant_p(word))
+ return BITS_PER_LONG - 1 - __builtin_clzl(word);
+
asm("bsr %1,%0"
: "=r" (word)
: "rm" (word));
@@ -360,6 +363,9 @@ static __always_inline int fls(unsigned int x)
{
int r;

+ if (__builtin_constant_p(x))
+ return x ? 32 - __builtin_clz(x) : 0;
+
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
/*
* AMD64 says BSRL won't clobber the dest reg if x==0; Intel64 says the
@@ -401,6 +407,9 @@ static __always_inline int fls(unsigned int x)
static __always_inline int fls64(__u64 x)
{
int bitpos = -1;
+
+ if (__builtin_constant_p(x))
+ return x ? 64 - __builtin_clzll(x) : 0;
/*
* AMD64 says BSRQ won't clobber the dest reg if x==0; Intel64 says the
* dest reg is undefined if x==0, but their CPU architect says its

---
base-commit: 2dde18cd1d8fac735875f2e4987f11817cc0bc2c
change-id: 20230828-x86_fls-cf2cc49f40f3

Best regards,
--
Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx>