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/*
 * bits_count_ones.h
 *
 * Wireshark - Network traffic analyzer
 * By Gerald Combs <gerald@wireshark.org>
 * Copyright 1998 Gerald Combs
 *
 * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
 */

#ifndef __WSUTIL_BITS_COUNT_ONES_H__
#define __WSUTIL_BITS_COUNT_ONES_H__

#include <glib.h>

/*
 * The variable-precision SWAR algorithm is an interesting way to count
 * the number of bits set in an integer. While its performance is very
 * good (two times faster than gcc's __builtin_popcount [1] and
 * 16 instructions when compiled with gcc -O3)
 * http://playingwithpointers.com/swar.html
 */

static inline int
ws_count_ones(const guint64 x)
{
	guint64 bits = x;

	bits = bits - ((bits >> 1) & G_GUINT64_CONSTANT(0x5555555555555555));
	bits = (bits & G_GUINT64_CONSTANT(0x3333333333333333)) + ((bits >> 2) & G_GUINT64_CONSTANT(0x3333333333333333));
	bits = (bits + (bits >> 4)) & G_GUINT64_CONSTANT(0x0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F);

	return (int)((bits * G_GUINT64_CONSTANT(0x0101010101010101)) >> 56);
}

#endif /* __WSUTIL_BITS_COUNT_ONES_H__ */