linux内核函数fls()

/**
 * fls - find last (most-significant) bit set
 * @x: the word to search
 *
 * This is defined the same way as ffs.
 * Note fls(0) = 0, fls(1) = 1, fls(0x80000000) = 32.
 */

static __always_inline int fls(int x)
{
    int r = 32;

    if (!x)
        return 0;
    if (!(x & 0xffff0000u)) {
        x <<= 16;
        r -= 16;
    }
    if (!(x & 0xff000000u)) {
        x <<= 8;
        r -= 8;
    }
    if (!(x & 0xf0000000u)) {
        x <<= 4;
        r -= 4;
    }
    if (!(x & 0xc0000000u)) {
        x <<= 2;
        r -= 2;
    }
    if (!(x & 0x80000000u)) {
        x <<= 1;
        r -= 1;
    }
    return r;
}

作用是：返回输入参数的最高有效bit位（从低位往左数最后的有效bit位）的序号，该序号与常规0起始序号不同，它是1起始的（当没有有效位时返回0）。