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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/bitops.c')
-rw-r--r-- | lib/bitops.c | 15 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/bitops.c b/lib/bitops.c index 10bca047..6ca05050 100644 --- 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) { |