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Commit c311c797 authored by Alexey Dobriyan's avatar Alexey Dobriyan Committed by Linus Torvalds
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cpumask: make "nr_cpumask_bits" unsigned

Bit searching functions accept "unsigned long" indices but
"nr_cpumask_bits" is "int" which is signed, so inevitable sign
extensions occur on x86_64.  Those MOVSX are #1 MOVSX bloat by number of
uses across whole kernel.

Change "nr_cpumask_bits" to unsigned, this number can't be negative
after all.  It allows to do implicit zero-extension on x86_64 without
MOVSX.

Change signed comparisons into unsigned comparisons where necessary.

Other uses looks fine because it is either argument passed to a function
or comparison is already unsigned.

Net win on allyesconfig type of kernel: ~2.8 KB (!)

	add/remove: 0/0 grow/shrink: 8/725 up/down: 93/-2926 (-2833)
	function                                     old     new   delta
	xen_exit_mmap                                691     735     +44
	qstat_read                                   426     440     +14
	__cpufreq_cooling_register                  1678    1687      +9
	trace_rb_cpu_prepare                         447    ...
parent 19659c59
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