我认为这也是可行的:

int power = 1;
while(power < x)
    power*=2;

答案就是力量。

C / c++中用于整数输入的高效微软(例如Visual Studio 2017)特定解决方案。在检查最有效的1位的位置之前，通过递减处理输入完全匹配2的幂值的情况。

inline unsigned int ExpandToPowerOf2(unsigned int Value)
{
    unsigned long Index;
    _BitScanReverse(&Index, Value - 1);
    return (1U << (Index + 1));
}

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#if defined(WIN64) // The _BitScanReverse64 intrinsic is only available for 64 bit builds because it depends on x64

inline unsigned long long ExpandToPowerOf2(unsigned long long Value)
{
    unsigned long Index;
    _BitScanReverse64(&Index, Value - 1);
    return (1ULL << (Index + 1));
}

#endif

这将为英特尔处理器生成5个左右的内联指令，类似如下:

dec eax
bsr rcx, rax
inc ecx
mov eax, 1
shl rax, cl

显然Visual Studio c++编译器并没有针对编译时值进行优化，但这里并没有大量的指令。

编辑:

如果你想让输入值1产生1(2的0次方)，对上面代码的一个小修改仍然会生成没有分支的直通指令。

inline unsigned int ExpandToPowerOf2(unsigned int Value)
{
    unsigned long Index;
    _BitScanReverse(&Index, --Value);
    if (Value == 0)
        Index = (unsigned long) -1;
    return (1U << (Index + 1));
}

生成更多的指令。诀窍在于Index可以被一个测试后跟一个cmove指令所取代。

在x86中，你可以使用sse4位操作指令来提高速度。

//assume input is in eax
mov    ecx,31      
popcnt edx,eax   //cycle 1
lzcnt  eax,eax   //cycle 2
sub    ecx,eax
mov    eax,1
cmp    edx,1     //cycle 3
jle @done        //cycle 4 - popcnt says its a power of 2, return input unchanged
shl    eax,cl    //cycle 5
@done: rep ret   //cycle 5

在c中，您可以使用匹配的intrinsic。

或者无跳转，通过避免跳转导致的错误预测来加快速度，但通过延长依赖链来减慢速度。计时，看看哪种代码最适合您。

//assume input is in eax
mov    ecx,31
popcnt edx,eax    //cycle 1
lzcnt  eax,eax
sub    ecx,eax
mov    eax,1      //cycle 2
cmp    edx,1
mov    edx,0     //cycle 3 
cmovle ecx,edx   //cycle 4 - ensure eax does not change
shl    eax,cl    
@done: rep ret   //cycle 5

/*
** http://graphics.stanford.edu/~seander/bithacks.html#IntegerLog
*/
#define __LOG2A(s) ((s &0xffffffff00000000) ? (32 +__LOG2B(s >>32)): (__LOG2B(s)))
#define __LOG2B(s) ((s &0xffff0000)         ? (16 +__LOG2C(s >>16)): (__LOG2C(s)))
#define __LOG2C(s) ((s &0xff00)             ? (8  +__LOG2D(s >>8)) : (__LOG2D(s)))
#define __LOG2D(s) ((s &0xf0)               ? (4  +__LOG2E(s >>4)) : (__LOG2E(s)))
#define __LOG2E(s) ((s &0xc)                ? (2  +__LOG2F(s >>2)) : (__LOG2F(s)))
#define __LOG2F(s) ((s &0x2)                ? (1)                  : (0))

#define LOG2_UINT64 __LOG2A
#define LOG2_UINT32 __LOG2B
#define LOG2_UINT16 __LOG2C
#define LOG2_UINT8  __LOG2D

static inline uint64_t
next_power_of_2(uint64_t i)
{
#if defined(__GNUC__)
    return 1UL <<(1 +(63 -__builtin_clzl(i -1)));
#else
    i =i -1;
    i =LOG2_UINT64(i);
    return 1UL <<(1 +i);
#endif
}

如果你不想冒险进入未定义行为的领域，输入值必须在1到2^63之间。宏在编译时设置常量也很有用。

试图为这个问题找到一个“终极”解决方案。下面的代码

针对的是C语言(不是c++)， 使用编译器内置生成有效的代码(CLZ或BSR指令)，如果编译器支持任何， 是便携式的(标准C和没有汇编)，除了内置，和 处理所有未定义的行为。

如果你用c++编写，你可以适当地调整代码。注意，c++ 20引入了std::bit_ceil，它做了完全相同的事情，只是在某些条件下行为可能是未定义的。

#include <limits.h>

#ifdef _MSC_VER
# if _MSC_VER >= 1400
/* _BitScanReverse is introduced in Visual C++ 2005 and requires
   <intrin.h> (also introduced in Visual C++ 2005). */
#include <intrin.h>
#pragma intrinsic(_BitScanReverse)
#pragma intrinsic(_BitScanReverse64)
#  define HAVE_BITSCANREVERSE 1
# endif
#endif

/* Macro indicating that the compiler supports __builtin_clz().
   The name HAVE_BUILTIN_CLZ seems to be the most common, but in some
   projects HAVE__BUILTIN_CLZ is used instead. */
#ifdef __has_builtin
# if __has_builtin(__builtin_clz)
#  define HAVE_BUILTIN_CLZ 1
# endif
#elif defined(__GNUC__)
# if (__GNUC__ > 3)
#  define HAVE_BUILTIN_CLZ 1
# elif defined(__GNUC_MINOR__)
#  if (__GNUC__ == 3 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 4)
#   define HAVE_BUILTIN_CLZ 1
#  endif
# endif
#endif

/**
 * Returns the smallest power of two that is not smaller than x.
 */
unsigned long int next_power_of_2_long(unsigned long int x)
{
    if (x <= 1) {
        return 1;
    }
    x--;

#ifdef HAVE_BITSCANREVERSE
    if (x > (ULONG_MAX >> 1)) {
        return 0;
    } else {
        unsigned long int index;
        (void) _BitScanReverse(&index, x);
        return (1UL << (index + 1));
    }
#elif defined(HAVE_BUILTIN_CLZ)
    if (x > (ULONG_MAX >> 1)) {
        return 0;
    }
    return (1UL << (sizeof(x) * CHAR_BIT - __builtin_clzl(x)));
#else
    /* Solution from "Bit Twiddling Hacks"
       <http://www.graphics.stanford.edu/~seander/bithacks.html#RoundUpPowerOf2>
       but converted to a loop for smaller code size.
       ("gcc -O3" will unroll this.) */
    {
        unsigned int shift;
        for (shift = 1; shift < sizeof(x) * CHAR_BIT; shift <<= 1) {
            x |= (x >> shift);
        }
    }
    return (x + 1);
#endif
}

unsigned int next_power_of_2(unsigned int x)
{
    if (x <= 1) {
        return 1;
    }
    x--;

#ifdef HAVE_BITSCANREVERSE
    if (x > (UINT_MAX >> 1)) {
        return 0;
    } else {
        unsigned long int index;
        (void) _BitScanReverse(&index, x);
        return (1U << (index + 1));
    }
#elif defined(HAVE_BUILTIN_CLZ)
    if (x > (UINT_MAX >> 1)) {
        return 0;
    }
    return (1U << (sizeof(x) * CHAR_BIT - __builtin_clz(x)));
#else
    {
        unsigned int shift;
        for (shift = 1; shift < sizeof(x) * CHAR_BIT; shift <<= 1) {
            x |= (x >> shift);
        }
    }
    return (x + 1);
#endif
}

unsigned long long next_power_of_2_long_long(unsigned long long x)
{
    if (x <= 1) {
        return 1;
    }
    x--;

#if (defined(HAVE_BITSCANREVERSE) && \
    ULLONG_MAX == 18446744073709551615ULL)
    if (x > (ULLONG_MAX >> 1)) {
        return 0;
    } else {
        /* assert(sizeof(__int64) == sizeof(long long)); */
        unsigned long int index;
        (void) _BitScanReverse64(&index, x);
        return (1ULL << (index + 1));
    }
#elif defined(HAVE_BUILTIN_CLZ)
    if (x > (ULLONG_MAX >> 1)) {
        return 0;
    }
    return (1ULL << (sizeof(x) * CHAR_BIT - __builtin_clzll(x)));
#else
    {
        unsigned int shift;
        for (shift = 1; shift < sizeof(x) * CHAR_BIT; shift <<= 1) {
            x |= (x >> shift);
        }
    }
    return (x + 1);
#endif
}

@YannDroneaud答案的变体，适用于x==1，仅适用于x86平台，编译器，gcc或clang:

__attribute__ ((const))
static inline uint32_t p2(uint32_t x)
{
#if 0
    assert(x > 0);
    assert(x <= ((UINT32_MAX/2) + 1));
#endif
  int clz;
  uint32_t xm1 = x-1;
  asm(
    "lzcnt %1,%0"
    :"=r" (clz)
    :"rm" (xm1)
    :"cc"
    );
    return 1 << (32 - clz);
}