fls.c

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/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 *
 * fls.c
 *    finds the last (most significant) bit that is set
 *
 * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2013, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
 *
 *
 * IDENTIFICATION
 *    src/port/fls.c
 *
 * This file was taken from FreeBSD to provide an implementation of fls()
 * for platforms that lack it.  Note that the operating system's version may
 * be substantially more efficient than ours, since some platforms have an
 * assembly instruction that does exactly this.
 *
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 */

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#include "c.h"

/*
 * Find Last Set bit
 */
int
fls(int mask)
{
    int         bit;

    if (mask == 0)
        return (0);
    for (bit = 1; mask != 1; bit++)
        mask = (unsigned int) mask >> 1;
    return (bit);
}