commit
5faec21f3a6973219481394534ce0e5f17507d84
Author: Andreas Herrmann <andreas.herrmann3@amd.com>
Date: Mon Aug 30 19:04:01 2010 +0000
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>
Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com>
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)