linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 7/8] riscv: lib: add strchr implementation

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Message-ID: <aW8vbXlk-vXVQ8M_@smile.fi.intel.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2026 09:31:57 +0200
From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...el.com>
To: Feng Jiang <jiangfeng@...inos.cn>
Cc: pjw@...nel.org, palmer@...belt.com, aou@...s.berkeley.edu,
	alex@...ti.fr, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, kees@...nel.org,
	andy@...nel.org, ebiggers@...nel.org, martin.petersen@...cle.com,
	ardb@...nel.org, charlie@...osinc.com, conor.dooley@...rochip.com,
	ajones@...tanamicro.com, linus.walleij@...aro.org,
	nathan@...nel.org, linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org,
	Joel Stanley <joel@....id.au>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 7/8] riscv: lib: add strchr implementation

On Tue, Jan 20, 2026 at 02:58:51PM +0800, Feng Jiang wrote:
> Add an assembly implementation of strchr() for RISC-V.
> 
> By eliminating stack frame management (prologue/epilogue) and optimizing
> the function entries, the assembly version provides significant relative
> gains for short strings where the fixed overhead of the C function is
> most prominent. As the string length increases, the performance converges
> with the byte-oriented scan logic.
> 
> Benchmark results (QEMU TCG, rv64):
>   Length | Original (MB/s) | Optimized (MB/s) | Improvement
>   -------|-----------------|------------------|------------
>   1 B    | 21              | 23               | +9.5%
>   7 B    | 118             | 126              | +6.7%
>   16 B   | 200             | 208              | +4.0%
>   512 B  | 375             | 399              | +6.4%
>   4096 B | 395             | 401              | +1.5%

> Suggested-by: Andy Shevchenko <andy@...nel.org>

Wrong tag.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko