Unnecessary sign-extension for some never-negative expressions

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nint M1(uint mask) {
    return BitOperations.TrailingZeroCount(mask) / sizeof(ushort);
}

nint M2(uint mask) {
    return (nint)(uint.TrailingZeroCount(mask) / sizeof(ushort));
}

C:M1(uint):nint:this (FullOpts):
       xor      eax, eax
       tzcnt    eax, esi
       shr      eax, 1
       cdqe     
       ret      

C:M2(uint):nint:this (FullOpts):
       xor      eax, eax
       tzcnt    eax, esi
       shr      eax, 1
       ret    

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