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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2011 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __CUTILS_BITOPS_H
+#define __CUTILS_BITOPS_H
+
+#include <sys/cdefs.h>
+
+__BEGIN_DECLS
+
+static inline int popcount(unsigned int x)
+{
+    return __builtin_popcount(x);
+}
+
+static inline int popcountl(unsigned long x)
+{
+    return __builtin_popcountl(x);
+}
+
+static inline int popcountll(unsigned long long x)
+{
+    return __builtin_popcountll(x);
+}
+
+__END_DECLS
+
+#endif /* __CUTILS_BITOPS_H */