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<title>lib/bitrev: Introduce GENERIC_BITREVERSE</title>
<updated>2026-05-28T15:39:16+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Yury Norov</name>
<email>ynorov@nvidia.com</email>
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<published>2026-05-06T17:52:03+00:00</published>
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The generic bit reversal implementation is controlled by
!HAVE_ARCH_BITREVERSE. This makes it difficult for architectures to
provide a hardware-accelerated implementation while being able to
fall back to the generic version if needed.

This patch adds GENERIC_BITREVERSE, so bitreverse API is controlled by
BITREVERSE, GENERIC_BITREVERSE and HAVE_ARCH_BITREVERSE options. The
relationship between them is described as follows:

 - BITREVERSE is selected by user code; it's required to generate the API;
 - Architectures may select HAVE_ARCH_BITREVERSE and provide an arch
   implementation in arch/$(ARCH)/include/asm/bitrev.h.
 - if HAVE_ARCH_BITREVERSE isn't set, BITREVERSE selects GENERIC_BITREVERSE;
 - if GENERIC_BITREVERSE is set and HAVE_ARCH_BITREVERSE is not, the kernel
   provides generic implementation only, and wires bitrevXX() to it.
 - if HAVE_ARCH_BITREVERSE is set and GENERIC_BITREVERSE is not, the arch
   code provides __arch_bitrevXX(), and it is wired to bitrevXX();
 - if both GENERIC_BITREVERSE and HAVE_ARCH_BITREVERSE are selected, the kernel
   generates generic___bitrev(), but wires bitrev() to the __arch_bitrev().

The last option allows architectures to use generic___bitrev() as a
fallback option.

Drivers and core code should never select GENERIC_BITREVERSE or
HAVE_ARCH_BITREVERSE explicitly.

Architectures that require generic bitreverse API as a fallback should
explicitly enable GENERIC_BITREVERSE together with HAVE_ARCH_BITREVERSE.

Signed-off-by: Yury Norov &lt;ynorov@nvidia.com&gt;
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The generic bit reversal implementation is controlled by
!HAVE_ARCH_BITREVERSE. This makes it difficult for architectures to
provide a hardware-accelerated implementation while being able to
fall back to the generic version if needed.

This patch adds GENERIC_BITREVERSE, so bitreverse API is controlled by
BITREVERSE, GENERIC_BITREVERSE and HAVE_ARCH_BITREVERSE options. The
relationship between them is described as follows:

 - BITREVERSE is selected by user code; it's required to generate the API;
 - Architectures may select HAVE_ARCH_BITREVERSE and provide an arch
   implementation in arch/$(ARCH)/include/asm/bitrev.h.
 - if HAVE_ARCH_BITREVERSE isn't set, BITREVERSE selects GENERIC_BITREVERSE;
 - if GENERIC_BITREVERSE is set and HAVE_ARCH_BITREVERSE is not, the kernel
   provides generic implementation only, and wires bitrevXX() to it.
 - if HAVE_ARCH_BITREVERSE is set and GENERIC_BITREVERSE is not, the arch
   code provides __arch_bitrevXX(), and it is wired to bitrevXX();
 - if both GENERIC_BITREVERSE and HAVE_ARCH_BITREVERSE are selected, the kernel
   generates generic___bitrev(), but wires bitrev() to the __arch_bitrev().

The last option allows architectures to use generic___bitrev() as a
fallback option.

Drivers and core code should never select GENERIC_BITREVERSE or
HAVE_ARCH_BITREVERSE explicitly.

Architectures that require generic bitreverse API as a fallback should
explicitly enable GENERIC_BITREVERSE together with HAVE_ARCH_BITREVERSE.

Signed-off-by: Yury Norov &lt;ynorov@nvidia.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>treewide: Add SPDX license identifier for more missed files</title>
<updated>2019-05-21T08:50:45+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Thomas Gleixner</name>
<email>tglx@linutronix.de</email>
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<published>2019-05-19T12:08:20+00:00</published>
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Add SPDX license identifiers to all files which:

 - Have no license information of any form

 - Have MODULE_LICENCE("GPL*") inside which was used in the initial
   scan/conversion to ignore the file

These files fall under the project license, GPL v2 only. The resulting SPDX
license identifier is:

  GPL-2.0-only

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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Add SPDX license identifiers to all files which:

 - Have no license information of any form

 - Have MODULE_LICENCE("GPL*") inside which was used in the initial
   scan/conversion to ignore the file

These files fall under the project license, GPL v2 only. The resulting SPDX
license identifier is:

  GPL-2.0-only

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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<title>ARM: 8187/1: add CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_BITREVERSE to support rbit instruction</title>
<updated>2014-12-22T16:43:06+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Yalin Wang</name>
<email>Yalin.Wang@sonymobile.com</email>
</author>
<published>2014-11-03T02:01:03+00:00</published>
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this change add CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_BITREVERSE config option,
so that we can use some architecture's bitrev hardware instruction
to do bitrev operation.

Introduce __constant_bitrev* macro for constant bitrev operation.

Change __bitrev16() __bitrev32() to be inline function,
don't need export symbol for these tiny functions.

Signed-off-by: Yalin Wang &lt;yalin.wang@sonymobile.com&gt;
Acked-by: Will Deacon &lt;will.deacon@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Russell King &lt;rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk&gt;
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this change add CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_BITREVERSE config option,
so that we can use some architecture's bitrev hardware instruction
to do bitrev operation.

Introduce __constant_bitrev* macro for constant bitrev operation.

Change __bitrev16() __bitrev32() to be inline function,
don't need export symbol for these tiny functions.

Signed-off-by: Yalin Wang &lt;yalin.wang@sonymobile.com&gt;
Acked-by: Will Deacon &lt;will.deacon@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Russell King &lt;rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk&gt;
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<title>lib: export bitrev16</title>
<updated>2008-06-06T18:29:10+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Harvey Harrison</name>
<email>harvey.harrison@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2008-06-06T05:46:19+00:00</published>
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Bluetooth will be able to use this.

Signed-off-by: Harvey Harrison &lt;harvey.harrison@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: Marcel Holtmann &lt;marcel@holtmann.org&gt;
Cc: Dave Young &lt;hidave.darkstar@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: Akinobu Mita &lt;akinobu.mita@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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Bluetooth will be able to use this.

Signed-off-by: Harvey Harrison &lt;harvey.harrison@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: Marcel Holtmann &lt;marcel@holtmann.org&gt;
Cc: Dave Young &lt;hidave.darkstar@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: Akinobu Mita &lt;akinobu.mita@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>[PATCH] add MODULE_* attributes to bit reversal library</title>
<updated>2006-12-10T18:07:52+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Cal Peake</name>
<email>cp@absolutedigital.net</email>
</author>
<published>2006-12-10T11:22:05+00:00</published>
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Add MODULE_* attributes to the new bit reversal library. Most notably
MODULE_LICENSE which prevents superfluous kernel tainting.

Signed-off-by: Cal Peake &lt;cp@absolutedigital.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@osdl.org&gt;
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Add MODULE_* attributes to the new bit reversal library. Most notably
MODULE_LICENSE which prevents superfluous kernel tainting.

Signed-off-by: Cal Peake &lt;cp@absolutedigital.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@osdl.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>[PATCH] bit reverse library</title>
<updated>2006-12-08T16:28:39+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Akinobu Mita</name>
<email>akinobu.mita@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2006-12-08T10:36:25+00:00</published>
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This patch provides two bit reverse functions and bit reverse table.

- reverse the order of bits in a u32 value

	u8 bitrev8(u8 x);

- reverse the order of bits in a u32 value

	u32 bitrev32(u32 x);

- byte reverse table

	const u8 byte_rev_table[256];

Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita &lt;akinobu.mita@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@osdl.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@osdl.org&gt;
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This patch provides two bit reverse functions and bit reverse table.

- reverse the order of bits in a u32 value

	u8 bitrev8(u8 x);

- reverse the order of bits in a u32 value

	u32 bitrev32(u32 x);

- byte reverse table

	const u8 byte_rev_table[256];

Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita &lt;akinobu.mita@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@osdl.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@osdl.org&gt;
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