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Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 16:34:46 -0700
From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>
To: Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
Cc: discuss@...-64.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] x86-64: memset optimization
Optimize uses of memset with small constant offsets.
This will generate smaller code, and avoid the slow rep/string instructions.
Code copied from i386 with a little cleanup.
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>
--- a/include/asm-x86_64/string.h 2007-08-17 15:14:32.000000000 -0700
+++ b/include/asm-x86_64/string.h 2007-08-17 15:36:30.000000000 -0700
@@ -42,9 +42,51 @@ extern void *__memcpy(void *to, const vo
__ret = __builtin_memcpy((dst),(src),__len); \
__ret; })
#endif
-
#define __HAVE_ARCH_MEMSET
-void *memset(void *s, int c, size_t n);
+void *__memset(void *s, int c, size_t n);
+
+/* Optimize for cases of trivial memset's
+ * Compiler should optimize away all but the case used.
+ */
+static __always_inline void *
+__constant_c_and_count_memset(void *s, int c, size_t count)
+{
+ unsigned long pattern = 0x01010101UL * (unsigned char) c;
+
+ switch (count) {
+ case 0:
+ return s;
+ case 1:
+ *(unsigned char *)s = pattern;
+ return s;
+ case 2:
+ *(unsigned short *)s = pattern;
+ return s;
+ case 3:
+ *(unsigned short *)s = pattern;
+ *(2+(unsigned char *)s) = pattern;
+ return s;
+ case 4:
+ *(unsigned long *)s = pattern;
+ return s;
+ case 6:
+ *(unsigned long *)s = pattern;
+ *(2+(unsigned short *)s) = pattern;
+ return s;
+ case 8:
+ *(unsigned long *)s = pattern;
+ *(1+(unsigned long *)s) = pattern;
+ return s;
+ default:
+ return __memset(s, c, count);
+ }
+}
+#define memset(s, c, count) \
+ (__builtin_constant_p(c) \
+ ? __constant_c_and_count_memset((s),(c),(count)) \
+ : __memset((s),(c),(count)))
+
+
#define __HAVE_ARCH_MEMMOVE
void * memmove(void * dest,const void *src,size_t count);
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/x8664_ksyms.c 2007-08-17 15:14:32.000000000 -0700
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/x8664_ksyms.c 2007-08-17 15:44:58.000000000 -0700
@@ -48,10 +48,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__read_lock_failed);
#undef memmove
extern void * memset(void *,int,__kernel_size_t);
+extern void * __memset(void *,int,__kernel_size_t);
extern void * memcpy(void *,const void *,__kernel_size_t);
extern void * __memcpy(void *,const void *,__kernel_size_t);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(memset);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__memset);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(memcpy);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(__memcpy);
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