This patch introduces the C-language equivalent of the function: unsigned long ffz(unsigned long word); In include/asm-generic/bitops/ffz.h This code largely copied from: include/asm-parisc/bitops.h Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita <mita@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> include/asm-generic/bitops/ffz.h | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 files changed, 12 insertions(+) Index: 2.6-rc/include/asm-generic/bitops/ffz.h =================================================================== --- /dev/null +++ 2.6-rc/include/asm-generic/bitops/ffz.h @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +#ifndef _ASM_GENERIC_BITOPS_FFZ_H_ +#define _ASM_GENERIC_BITOPS_FFZ_H_ + +/* + * ffz - find first zero in word. + * @word: The word to search + * + * Undefined if no zero exists, so code should check against ~0UL first. + */ +#define ffz(x) __ffs(~(x)) + +#endif /* _ASM_GENERIC_BITOPS_FFZ_H_ */ --