Merge commit 'v2.6.38-rc3' into next

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/bitops.h b/include/linux/bitops.h
index 827cc95711ef..2184c6b97aeb 100644
--- a/include/linux/bitops.h
+++ b/include/linux/bitops.h
@@ -109,6 +109,17 @@ static inline __u8 ror8(__u8 word, unsigned int shift)
 	return (word >> shift) | (word << (8 - shift));
 }
 
+/**
+ * sign_extend32 - sign extend a 32-bit value using specified bit as sign-bit
+ * @value: value to sign extend
+ * @index: 0 based bit index (0<=index<32) to sign bit
+ */
+static inline __s32 sign_extend32(__u32 value, int index)
+{
+	__u8 shift = 31 - index;
+	return (__s32)(value << shift) >> shift;
+}
+
 static inline unsigned fls_long(unsigned long l)
 {
 	if (sizeof(l) == 4)