Re: [PATCH] word-at-a-time: avoid undefined behaviour in zero_bytemask macro

[H. Peter Anvin]

On 04/23/2014 09:52 AM, Will Deacon wrote:
> 
> diff --git a/include/asm-generic/word-at-a-time.h b/include/asm-generic/word-at-a-time.h
> index d3909effd725..d96deb443f18 100644
> --- a/include/asm-generic/word-at-a-time.h
> +++ b/include/asm-generic/word-at-a-time.h
> @@ -50,11 +50,7 @@ static inline bool has_zero(unsigned long val, unsigned long *data, const struct
>  }
>  
>  #ifndef zero_bytemask
> -#ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
> -#define zero_bytemask(mask)	(~0ul << fls64(mask))
> -#else
> -#define zero_bytemask(mask)	(~0ul << fls(mask))
> -#endif /* CONFIG_64BIT */
> -#endif /* zero_bytemask */
> +#define zero_bytemask(mask) (~0ul << __fls(mask) << 1)
> +#endif
>  
>  #endif /* _ASM_WORD_AT_A_TIME_H */
> 

Why not:

#define zero_bytemask(mask) (~1ul << __fls(mask))
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