On Mon, 2015-02-02 at 20:41 -0800, Davidlohr Bueso wrote: > On Mon, 2015-02-02 at 11:13 -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > IOW, instead of > > > > m = 1UL << (BITS_PER_LONG - 2); > > > > perhaps something like > > > > m = 1UL << (BITS_PER_LONG/2- 2); > > if (m < x) > > m <<= BITS_PER_LONG/2;
Assuming small values mostly, we could also try more aggressive estimators for BITS_PER_LONG == 64. But then again, it probably doesn't matter. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
