Extend checkpatches.sh to detect the use of __builtin_(ffs|ffsll).
These intrinsics are not available in MSVC, and there are perfectly
serviceable alternatives in <rte_bitops.h>.
Signed-off-by: Mattias Rönnblom <mattias.ronnb...@ericsson.com>
Suggested-by: David Marchand <david.march...@redhat.com>
---
devtools/checkpatches.sh | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/devtools/checkpatches.sh b/devtools/checkpatches.sh
index c23792025a..411c40d275 100755
--- a/devtools/checkpatches.sh
+++ b/devtools/checkpatches.sh
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ check_forbidden_additions() { # <patch>
# forbid use of non abstracted bit count operations
awk -v FOLDERS="lib drivers app examples" \
- -v
EXPRESSIONS='\\<__builtin_(clz|clzll|ctz|ctzll|popcount|popcountll)\\>' \
+ -v
EXPRESSIONS='\\<__builtin_(clz|clzll|ctz|ctzll|popcount|popcountll|ffs|ffsll)\\>'
\
-v RET_ON_FAIL=1 \
-v MESSAGE='Using __builtin helpers for bit count operations' \
-f $(dirname $(readlink -f $0))/check-forbidden-tokens.awk \
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