Re: [PATCH v2] x86, bitops, variable_test_bit should return 1 not -1 on a match

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Thu Oct 08 2015 - 04:51:43 EST



* Prarit Bhargava <prarit@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> re-ping on this. Just making sure this wasn't dropped on the floor.

So I didn't apply it back when I saw your patch because I didn't see where you
addressed/analyzed the second paragraph of hpa's review:

"The downside with set is that it only sets a single byte, the upside is that it
always outputs 0 or 1, and apparently if the output variable is your bool gcc
can use that for optimization."

That's a valid concern and should be addressed.

Thanks,

Ingo
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