Re: [PATCH v3 3/3] kselftest: mm: introduce size_to_shift() helper

From: Yeoreum Yun

Date: Mon Sep 14 2026 - 11:09:20 EST


On Mon, Sep 14, 2026 at 04:01:02PM +0200, David Hildenbrand (Arm) wrote:
> On 9/14/26 09:30, Yeoreum Yun wrote:
> > Introduce size_to_shift() for future users that need to
> > obtain shift of a huge-page which is other than pmd_psize().
> >
> > Suggested-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Yeoreum Yun <yeoreum.yun@xxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.c | 10 +++++++++-
> > tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.h | 1 +
> > 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.c b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.c
> > index fd1432dc6152..1fef1266429f 100644
> > --- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.c
> > +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.c
> > @@ -157,6 +157,14 @@ bool check_for_pattern(FILE *fp, const char *pattern, char *buf, size_t len)
> > return false;
> > }
> >
> > +uint64_t size_to_shift(uint64_t size)
> > +{
> > + if (__builtin_popcountll(size) != 1)
> > + return 0;
> > +
> > + return ffsl(size) - 1;
> > +}
>
> Could likely just be an inline helper?

Okay. If there is no comments on today, I'll post tomorrow with this.

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Sincerely,
Yeoreum Yun