What is the implementation of GCC’s (4.6+) __builtin_clz? Does it correspond to some CPU instruction on Intel x86_64 (AVX)?
What is the implementation of GCC’s (4.6+) __builtin_clz ? Does it correspond to some
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What is the implementation of GCC’s (4.6+) __builtin_clz? Does it correspond to some CPU instruction on Intel x86_64 (AVX)?
It should translate to a Bit Scan Reverse instruction and a subtract. The BSR gives the index of the leading 1, and then you can subtract that from the word size to get the number of leading zeros.
Edit: if your CPU supports LZCNT (Leading Zero Count), then that will probably do the trick too, but not all x86-64 chips have that instruction.