[PATCH v2 2/5] lib/bitrev: Introduce GENERIC_BITREVERSE
Yury Norov
ynorov at nvidia.com
Wed May 6 10:52:03 PDT 2026
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 <ynorov at nvidia.com>
---
lib/Kconfig | 12 ++++++++++++
lib/Makefile | 2 +-
lib/bitrev.c | 3 ---
3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig b/lib/Kconfig
index d8e7e89ae320..a33988adfaa3 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig
+++ b/lib/Kconfig
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ config PACKING_KUNIT_TEST
config BITREVERSE
tristate
+ select GENERIC_BITREVERSE if !HAVE_ARCH_BITREVERSE
config HAVE_ARCH_BITREVERSE
bool
@@ -63,6 +64,17 @@ config HAVE_ARCH_BITREVERSE
This option enables the use of hardware bit-reversal instructions on
architectures which support such operations.
+config GENERIC_BITREVERSE
+ tristate
+ depends on BITREVERSE
+ help
+ Generic bit reversal implementation. Drivers should never enable
+ it explicitly. Instead, enable BITREVERSE.
+
+ Architectures may want to select it as a fall-back option for
+ HAVE_ARCH_BITREVERSE, when the hardware-accelerated bit reverse
+ instruction set is optional, like RISC-V ZBKB extension.
+
config ARCH_HAS_STRNCPY_FROM_USER
bool
diff --git a/lib/Makefile b/lib/Makefile
index f33a24bf1c19..23e07d19d01c 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile
+++ b/lib/Makefile
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_DEBUG_PREEMPT) += smp_processor_id.o
obj-$(CONFIG_LIST_HARDENED) += list_debug.o
obj-$(CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS) += debugobjects.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_BITREVERSE) += bitrev.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_GENERIC_BITREVERSE) += bitrev.o
obj-$(CONFIG_LINEAR_RANGES) += linear_ranges.o
obj-$(CONFIG_PACKING) += packing.o
obj-$(CONFIG_PACKING_KUNIT_TEST) += packing_test.o
diff --git a/lib/bitrev.c b/lib/bitrev.c
index 81b56e0a7f32..05088231f31f 100644
--- a/lib/bitrev.c
+++ b/lib/bitrev.c
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
-#ifndef CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_BITREVERSE
#include <linux/types.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/bitrev.h>
@@ -43,5 +42,3 @@ const u8 byte_rev_table[256] = {
0x1f, 0x9f, 0x5f, 0xdf, 0x3f, 0xbf, 0x7f, 0xff,
};
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(byte_rev_table);
-
-#endif /* CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_BITREVERSE */
--
2.51.0
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