[committed] MIPS/BFD: Use branchless code for sign-extension

[Maciej W. Rozycki]

Use common branchless code for `_bfd_mips_elf_sign_extend', typically 
avoiding the branch penalty and also reducing code size when inlined in 
elfxx-mips.c.
---
 bfd/elfxx-mips.c |    7 ++-----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

binutils-bfd-mips-elf-sign-extend.diff
Index: binutils-gdb/bfd/elfxx-mips.c
===================================================================
--- binutils-gdb.orig/bfd/elfxx-mips.c
+++ binutils-gdb/bfd/elfxx-mips.c
@@ -5239,11 +5239,8 @@ mips_elf_local_relocation_p (bfd *input_
 bfd_vma
 _bfd_mips_elf_sign_extend (bfd_vma value, int bits)
 {
-  if (value & ((bfd_vma) 1 << (bits - 1)))
-    /* VALUE is negative.  */
-    value |= ((bfd_vma) - 1) << bits;
-
-  return value;
+  bfd_vma sign = (bfd_vma) 1 << (bits - 1);
+  return (value ^ sign) - sign;
 }
 
 /* Return non-zero if the indicated VALUE has overflowed the maximum