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    bitops: Change function return types from long to int · 9c313ccd
    Thorsten Blum authored
    Change the return types of bitops functions (ffs, fls, and fns) from
    long to int. The expected return values are in the range [0, 64], for
    which int is sufficient.
    
    Additionally, int aligns well with the return types of the corresponding
    __builtin_* functions, potentially reducing overall type conversions.
    
    Many of the existing bitops functions already return an int and don't
    need to be changed. The bitops functions in arch/ should be considered
    separately.
    
    Adjust some return variables to match the function return types.
    
    With GCC 13 and defconfig, these changes reduced the size of a test
    kernel image by 5,432 bytes on arm64 and by 248 bytes on riscv; there
    were no changes in size on x86_64, powerpc, or m68k.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarThorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@toblux.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarArnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
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