[PATCH 1/4] bitops: Add single_bit_set()

[Matti Vaittinen]

There are cases when it is useful to check a bit-mask has only one bit
set. Add a generic helper for it instead of baking own one for each
user.

Signed-off-by: Matti Vaittinen <matti.vaittinen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
I am not at all sure what would be the best place for this. Please let
me know if you think some other file would be more appropriate.
---
 include/linux/bitops.h | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/bitops.h b/include/linux/bitops.h
index 5e62e2383b7f..dd6c7baed3d3 100644
--- a/include/linux/bitops.h
+++ b/include/linux/bitops.h
@@ -66,6 +66,26 @@ extern unsigned long __sw_hweight64(__u64 w);
 	     (start) < (size); \
 	     (start) = find_next_clump8(&(clump), (bits), (size), (start) + 8))
 
+/**
+ * single_bit_set - check if only one bit is set in value
+ * @bits:		value to check
+ * @bits_to_check:	how many bits we should scan
+ *
+ * Return: true if only one of the checked bits is set, othervice return false.
+ */
+static inline bool single_bit_set(const unsigned long bits, int bits_to_check)
+{
+	int bit;
+
+	bit = find_first_bit(&bits, bits_to_check);
+	if (bit == bits_to_check)
+		return false;
+
+	bit = find_next_bit(&bits, bits_to_check, bit + 1);
+
+	return (bit == bits_to_check);
+}
+
 static inline int get_bitmask_order(unsigned int count)
 {
 	int order;
-- 
2.31.1


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Matti Vaittinen, Linux device drivers
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