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authorAdhemerval Zanella <azanella@linux.vnet.ibm.com>2014-03-07 06:09:47 -0600
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PowerPC: strncat optimization for PPC64
The optimization is achieved by following techniques:
1. Doubleword aligned memory access and compares using
   cmpb instruction.
2. Loop unrolling for byte load/store.
3. CPU pre-fetch to avoid cache miss.
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+2014-03-10  Vidya Ranganathan  <vidya@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
+	    Adhemerval Zanella  <azanella@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
+
+	* sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/power7/strncat.S: New file: Optimization.
+	* sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/strncat.c: New file:
+	multiarch strncat for PPC64.
+	* sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/strncat-ppc64.c: New file
+	* sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/strncat-power7.S: New file
+	* sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/ifunc-impl-list.c:
+	(__libc_ifunc_impl_list): Likewise.
+	* sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/Makefile: Add strncat
+	multiarch optimizations
+
 2014-03-10  Siddhesh Poyarekar  <siddhesh@redhat.com>
 
 	[BZ #16639]