Re: [PATCH 3/3] xdiff: import new 32-bit version of count_masked_bytes()

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On 22 May 2012 22:36, René Scharfe <rene.scharfe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Import the latest 32-bit implementation of count_masked_bytes() from
> Linux (arch/x86/include/asm/word-at-a-time.h).  It's shorter and avoids
> overflows and negative numbers.
>
> This fixes test failures on 32-bit, where negative partial results had
> been shifted right using the "wrong" method (logical shift right instead
> of arithmetic short right).  The compiler is free to chose the method,
> so it was only wrong in the sense that it didn't work as intended by us.
>
> Reported-by: Øyvind A. Holm <sunny@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Rene Scharfe <rene.scharfe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Does this fix all the warnings, and do the tests pass?  I can only
> reproduce the "shifting to far to the right" warning..

Hi, I finally got around to test this, and it compiles flawlessly with
your three patches. No warnings, and the test suite seems to run
without errors.

Nice work, sir.

Cheers,
Øyvind
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