bitops: Provide generic sign_extend32 function

This patch moves code out from wireless drivers where two different
functions are defined in three code locations for the same purpose and
provides a common function to sign extend a 32-bit value.

Signed-off-by: Andreas Herrmann <andreas.herrmann3@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
This commit is contained in:
Andreas Herrmann
2010-08-30 19:04:01 +00:00
committed by John W. Linville
parent e4b3fdb800
commit 7919a57bc6
7 changed files with 30 additions and 47 deletions

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@@ -109,6 +109,17 @@ static inline __u8 ror8(__u8 word, unsigned int shift)
return (word >> shift) | (word << (8 - shift));
}
/**
* sign_extend32 - sign extend a 32-bit value using specified bit as sign-bit
* @value: value to sign extend
* @index: 0 based bit index (0<=index<32) to sign bit
*/
static inline __s32 sign_extend32(__u32 value, int index)
{
__u8 shift = 31 - index;
return (__s32)(value << shift) >> shift;
}
static inline unsigned fls_long(unsigned long l)
{
if (sizeof(l) == 4)