fls64(9)

fls649

Find last set bit in a 64-bit word

Usage

int fls64(__u64 x);

Arguments

x

the word to search

Overview

This is defined in a similar way as the libc and compiler builtin ffsll, but returns the position of the most significant set bit.

fls64(value) returns 0 if value is 0 or the position of the last set bit if value is nonzero. The last (most significant) bit is at position 64.

Releases

2 releases since Debian 8 (Jessie); the text changed 1 time.

  1. 8
  2. 9

From linux-manual-4.9 4.9.228-1 in Debian 9 (Stretch). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.