From f054befc5511de8d252d8fb6ecd847471d4c2c00 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: cui <cuiweixie@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2025 18:00:54 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] rlp: optimize intsize (#32421)
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goos: darwin
goarch: arm64
pkg: github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rlp
cpu: Apple M4
        │   old.txt   │               new.txt               │
        │   sec/op    │   sec/op     vs base                │
Intsize   2.175n ± 5%   1.050n ± 4%  -51.76% (p=0.000 n=10)
---
 rlp/encode.go | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/rlp/encode.go b/rlp/encode.go
index 623932a90b..de2b02f629 100644
--- a/rlp/encode.go
+++ b/rlp/encode.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"math/big"
+	"math/bits"
 	"reflect"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rlp/internal/rlpstruct"
@@ -487,9 +488,8 @@ func putint(b []byte, i uint64) (size int) {
 
 // intsize computes the minimum number of bytes required to store i.
 func intsize(i uint64) (size int) {
-	for size = 1; ; size++ {
-		if i >>= 8; i == 0 {
-			return size
-		}
+	if i == 0 {
+		return 1
 	}
+	return (bits.Len64(i) + 7) / 8
 }