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diff --git a/lib/bitops.c b/lib/bitops.c
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--- a/lib/bitops.c
+++ b/lib/bitops.c
@@ -9,12 +9,27 @@
#include "nest/bird.h"
#include "bitops.h"
+/**
+ * u32_mkmask - create a bit mask
+ * @n: number of bits
+ *
+ * u32_mkmask() returns an unsigned 32-bit integer which binary
+ * representation consists of @n ones followed by zeroes.
+ */
u32
u32_mkmask(unsigned n)
{
return n ? ~((1 << (32 - n)) - 1) : 0;
}
+/**
+ * u32_masklen - calculate length of a bit mask
+ * @x: bit mask
+ *
+ * This function checks whether the given integer @x represents
+ * a valid bit mask (binary representation contains first ones, then
+ * zeroes) and returns the number of ones or -1 if the mask is invalid.
+ */
int
u32_masklen(u32 x)
{