[PATCH 2/6] bitops.h: add sign_extend16 function

[Martin Kepplinger]

This adds sign_exten16 to sign extend any signed value shorter than 16 bits
to a s16.

Signed-off-by: Martin Kepplinger <martink@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 include/linux/bitops.h | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/bitops.h b/include/linux/bitops.h
index 3c2a539..70190f4 100644
--- a/include/linux/bitops.h
+++ b/include/linux/bitops.h
@@ -172,6 +172,17 @@ static inline __s8 sign_extend8(__u8 value, int index)
 }
 
 /**
+ * sign_extend16 - sign extend a 16-bit value using specified bit as sign-bit
+ * @value: value to sign extend
+ * @index: 0 based bit index (0<=index<16) to sign bit
+ */
+static inline __s16 sign_extend16(__u16 value, int index)
+{
+	__u8 shift = 15 - index;
+	return (__s16)(value << shift) >> 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
-- 
2.1.3

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