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authorPaul E. Murphy <murphyp@linux.vnet.ibm.com>2016-03-14 17:40:46 -0400
committerPaul E. Murphy <murphyp@linux.vnet.ibm.com>2016-04-07 15:51:28 -0500
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powerpc: Add optimized P8 strspn
This utilizes vectors and bitmasks.  For small needle, large
haystack, the performance improvement is upto 8x.  For short
strings (0-4B), the cost of computing the bitmask dominates,
and is a tad slower.
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+2016-04-07  Paul E. Murphy  <murphyp@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
+
+	* sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/Makefile:
+	(sysdep_routines): Add new strspn targets.
+	* sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/ifunc-impl-list.c:
+	(__libc_ifunc_impl_list): Add strspn.
+	* sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/strspn-power8.S:
+	New file.
+	* sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/strspn-ppc64.c:
+	Likewise.
+	* sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/strspn.c:
+	Likewise.
+	* sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/power8/strspn.S:
+	Likewise.
+
 2016-04-07  Florian Weimer  <fweimer@redhat.com>
 
 	* misc/hsearch_r.c: Include <limits.h>.