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+#ifndef _ASM_GENERIC_BITOPS_FFS_H_
+#define _ASM_GENERIC_BITOPS_FFS_H_
+
+/**
+ * ffs - find first bit set
+ * @x: the word to search
+ *
+ * This is defined the same way as
+ * the libc and compiler builtin ffs routines, therefore
+ * differs in spirit from the above ffz (man ffs).
+ */
+static inline int ffs(int x)
+{
+	int r = 1;
+
+	if (!x)
+		return 0;
+	if (!(x & 0xffff)) {
+		x >>= 16;
+		r += 16;
+	}
+	if (!(x & 0xff)) {
+		x >>= 8;
+		r += 8;
+	}
+	if (!(x & 0xf)) {
+		x >>= 4;
+		r += 4;
+	}
+	if (!(x & 3)) {
+		x >>= 2;
+		r += 2;
+	}
+	if (!(x & 1)) {
+		x >>= 1;
+		r += 1;
+	}
+	return r;
+}
+
+#endif /* _ASM_GENERIC_BITOPS_FFS_H_ */