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[02/17] bitops: Add generic parity calculation for u64

Message ID 20250223164217.2139331-3-visitorckw@gmail.com (mailing list archive)
State New
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Series Introduce and use generic parity32/64 helper | expand

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Kuan-Wei Chiu Feb. 23, 2025, 4:42 p.m. UTC 
Several parts of the kernel open-code parity calculations using
different methods. Add a generic parity64() helper implemented with the
same efficient approach as parity8().

Co-developed-by: Yu-Chun Lin <eleanor15x@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Yu-Chun Lin <eleanor15x@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Kuan-Wei Chiu <visitorckw@gmail.com>
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 include/linux/bitops.h | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+)
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diff --git a/include/linux/bitops.h b/include/linux/bitops.h
index fb13dedad7aa..67677057f5e2 100644
--- a/include/linux/bitops.h
+++ b/include/linux/bitops.h
@@ -281,6 +281,28 @@  static inline int parity32(u32 val)
 	return (0x6996 >> (val & 0xf)) & 1;
 }
 
+/**
+ * parity64 - get the parity of an u64 value
+ * @value: the value to be examined
+ *
+ * Determine the parity of the u64 argument.
+ *
+ * Returns:
+ * 0 for even parity, 1 for odd parity
+ */
+static inline int parity64(u64 val)
+{
+	/*
+	 * One explanation of this algorithm:
+	 * https://funloop.org/codex/problem/parity/README.html
+	 */
+	val ^= val >> 32;
+	val ^= val >> 16;
+	val ^= val >> 8;
+	val ^= val >> 4;
+	return (0x6996 >> (val & 0xf)) & 1;
+}
+
 /**
  * __ffs64 - find first set bit in a 64 bit word
  * @word: The 64 bit word