[PATCH 2/3] eal: change rte_fls and rte_bsf to return uint32_t

[Thomas Monjalon]

08/08/2022 23:21, Tyler Retzlaff:
> From: Tyler Retzlaff <roretzla at microsoft.com>
> 
> return fixed width uint32_t to be consistent with what appears to
> be the original authors intent. it doesn't make much sense to return
> signed integers for these functions.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tyler Retzlaff <roretzla at linux.microsoft.com>
> ---
>  lib/eal/include/rte_common.h | 6 +++---
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/lib/eal/include/rte_common.h b/lib/eal/include/rte_common.h
> index a96cc2a..bd4184d 100644
> --- a/lib/eal/include/rte_common.h
> +++ b/lib/eal/include/rte_common.h
> @@ -707,7 +707,7 @@ static void __attribute__((destructor(RTE_PRIO(prio)), used)) func(void)
>   * @return
>   *     The last (most-significant) bit set, or 0 if the input is 0.
>   */
> -static inline int
> +static inline uint32_t
>  rte_fls_u32(uint32_t x)
>  {
>  	return (x == 0) ? 0 : 32 - __builtin_clz(x);
> @@ -724,7 +724,7 @@ static void __attribute__((destructor(RTE_PRIO(prio)), used)) func(void)
>   * @return
>   *     least significant set bit in the input parameter.
>   */
> -static inline int
> +static inline uint32_t
>  rte_bsf64(uint64_t v)
>  {
>  	return (uint32_t)__builtin_ctzll(v);
> @@ -766,7 +766,7 @@ static void __attribute__((destructor(RTE_PRIO(prio)), used)) func(void)
>   * @return
>   *     The last (most-significant) bit set, or 0 if the input is 0.
>   */
> -static inline int
> +static inline uint32_t
>  rte_fls_u64(uint64_t x)
>  {
>  	return (x == 0) ? 0 : 64 - __builtin_clzll(x);
> 

You forgot the _safe versions:

--- a/lib/eal/include/rte_common.h
+++ b/lib/eal/include/rte_common.h
@@ -660,7 +660,7 @@ rte_bsf32(uint32_t v)
  * @return
  *     Returns 0 if ``v`` was 0, otherwise returns 1.
  */
-static inline int
+static inline uint32_t
 rte_bsf32_safe(uint32_t v, uint32_t *pos)
 {
        if (v == 0)
@@ -739,7 +739,7 @@ rte_bsf64(uint64_t v)
  * @return
  *     Returns 0 if ``v`` was 0, otherwise returns 1.
  */
-static inline int
+static inline uint32_t
 rte_bsf64_safe(uint64_t v, uint32_t *pos)
 {
        if (v == 0)