An optimized memchr was missing for AArch64. This version is similar to

strchr and is significantly faster than the C version.

2016-11-04  Wilco Dijkstra  <wdijkstr@arm.com>
	    Kevin Petit  <kevin.petit@arm.com>

	* sysdeps/aarch64/memchr.S (__memchr): New file.

2 files changed, 162 insertions, 0 deletions

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+2016-11-04  Wilco Dijkstra  <wdijkstr@arm.com>
+	    Kevin Petit  <kevin.petit@arm.com>
+
+	* sysdeps/aarch64/memchr.S (__memchr): New file.
+
 2016-11-04  Joseph Myers  <joseph@codesourcery.com>
 
 	* sysdeps/tile/preconfigure: Accept tilegx* instead of tilegx.
diff --git a/sysdeps/aarch64/memchr.S b/sysdeps/aarch64/memchr.S
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+/* memchr - find a character in a memory zone
+
+   Copyright (C) 2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library.  If not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <sysdep.h>
+
+/* Assumptions:
+ *
+ * ARMv8-a, AArch64
+ * Neon Available.
+ */
+
+/* Arguments and results.  */
+#define srcin		x0
+#define chrin		w1
+#define cntin		x2
+
+#define result		x0
+
+#define src		x3
+#define	tmp		x4
+#define wtmp2		w5
+#define synd		x6
+#define soff		x9
+#define cntrem		x10
+
+#define vrepchr		v0
+#define vdata1		v1
+#define vdata2		v2
+#define vhas_chr1	v3
+#define vhas_chr2	v4
+#define vrepmask	v5
+#define vend		v6
+
+/*
+ * Core algorithm:
+ *
+ * For each 32-byte chunk we calculate a 64-bit syndrome value, with two bits
+ * per byte. For each tuple, bit 0 is set if the relevant byte matched the
+ * requested character and bit 1 is not used (faster than using a 32bit
+ * syndrome). Since the bits in the syndrome reflect exactly the order in which
+ * things occur in the original string, counting trailing zeros allows to
+ * identify exactly which byte has matched.
+ */
+
+ENTRY (__memchr)
+	/* Do not dereference srcin if no bytes to compare.  */
+	cbz	cntin, L(zero_length)
+	/*
+	 * Magic constant 0x40100401 allows us to identify which lane matches
+	 * the requested byte.
+	 */
+	mov	wtmp2, #0x0401
+	movk	wtmp2, #0x4010, lsl #16
+	dup	vrepchr.16b, chrin
+	/* Work with aligned 32-byte chunks */
+	bic	src, srcin, #31
+	dup	vrepmask.4s, wtmp2
+	ands	soff, srcin, #31
+	and	cntrem, cntin, #31
+	b.eq	L(loop)
+
+	/*
+	 * Input string is not 32-byte aligned. We calculate the syndrome
+	 * value for the aligned 32 bytes block containing the first bytes
+	 * and mask the irrelevant part.
+	 */
+
+	ld1	{vdata1.16b, vdata2.16b}, [src], #32
+	sub	tmp, soff, #32
+	adds	cntin, cntin, tmp
+	cmeq	vhas_chr1.16b, vdata1.16b, vrepchr.16b
+	cmeq	vhas_chr2.16b, vdata2.16b, vrepchr.16b
+	and	vhas_chr1.16b, vhas_chr1.16b, vrepmask.16b
+	and	vhas_chr2.16b, vhas_chr2.16b, vrepmask.16b
+	addp	vend.16b, vhas_chr1.16b, vhas_chr2.16b		/* 256->128 */
+	addp	vend.16b, vend.16b, vend.16b			/* 128->64 */
+	mov	synd, vend.2d[0]
+	/* Clear the soff*2 lower bits */
+	lsl	tmp, soff, #1
+	lsr	synd, synd, tmp
+	lsl	synd, synd, tmp
+	/* The first block can also be the last */
+	b.ls	L(masklast)
+	/* Have we found something already? */
+	cbnz	synd, L(tail)
+
+L(loop):
+	ld1	{vdata1.16b, vdata2.16b}, [src], #32
+	subs	cntin, cntin, #32
+	cmeq	vhas_chr1.16b, vdata1.16b, vrepchr.16b
+	cmeq	vhas_chr2.16b, vdata2.16b, vrepchr.16b
+	/* If we're out of data we finish regardless of the result */
+	b.ls	L(end)
+	/* Use a fast check for the termination condition */
+	orr	vend.16b, vhas_chr1.16b, vhas_chr2.16b
+	addp	vend.2d, vend.2d, vend.2d
+	mov	synd, vend.2d[0]
+	/* We're not out of data, loop if we haven't found the character */
+	cbz	synd, L(loop)
+
+L(end):
+	/* Termination condition found, let's calculate the syndrome value */
+	and	vhas_chr1.16b, vhas_chr1.16b, vrepmask.16b
+	and	vhas_chr2.16b, vhas_chr2.16b, vrepmask.16b
+	addp	vend.16b, vhas_chr1.16b, vhas_chr2.16b		/* 256->128 */
+	addp	vend.16b, vend.16b, vend.16b			/* 128->64 */
+	mov	synd, vend.2d[0]
+	/* Only do the clear for the last possible block */
+	b.hi	L(tail)
+
+L(masklast):
+	/* Clear the (32 - ((cntrem + soff) % 32)) * 2 upper bits */
+	add	tmp, cntrem, soff
+	and	tmp, tmp, #31
+	sub	tmp, tmp, #32
+	neg	tmp, tmp, lsl #1
+	lsl	synd, synd, tmp
+	lsr	synd, synd, tmp
+
+L(tail):
+	/* Count the trailing zeros using bit reversing */
+	rbit	synd, synd
+	/* Compensate the last post-increment */
+	sub	src, src, #32
+	/* Check that we have found a character */
+	cmp	synd, #0
+	/* And count the leading zeros */
+	clz	synd, synd
+	/* Compute the potential result */
+	add	result, src, synd, lsr #1
+	/* Select result or NULL */
+	csel	result, xzr, result, eq
+	ret
+
+L(zero_length):
+	mov	result, #0
+	ret
+END (__memchr)
+weak_alias (__memchr, memchr)
+libc_hidden_builtin_def (memchr)