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authorRajalakshmi Srinivasaraghavan <raji@linux.vnet.ibm.com>2017-05-18 11:21:20 +0530
committerRajalakshmi Srinivasaraghavan <raji@linux.vnet.ibm.com>2017-05-18 11:21:20 +0530
commitdec4a7105edcdbabdcac5f358f5bc5dca4f4ed1b (patch)
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powerpc: Improve memcmp performance for POWER8
Vectorization improves performance over the current implementation.
Tested on powerpc64 and powerpc64le.
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diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/memcmp.c b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/memcmp.c
index ee69e2225b..0d315d5e70 100644
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/memcmp.c
+++ b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/memcmp.c
@@ -26,11 +26,14 @@
 extern __typeof (memcmp) __memcmp_ppc attribute_hidden;
 extern __typeof (memcmp) __memcmp_power4 attribute_hidden;
 extern __typeof (memcmp) __memcmp_power7 attribute_hidden;
+extern __typeof (memcmp) __memcmp_power8 attribute_hidden;
 # undef memcmp
 
 /* Avoid DWARF definition DIE on ifunc symbol so that GDB can handle
    ifunc symbol properly.  */
 libc_ifunc_redirected (__redirect_memcmp, memcmp,
+		       (hwcap2 & PPC_FEATURE2_ARCH_2_07)
+		       ? __memcmp_power8 :
 		       (hwcap & PPC_FEATURE_HAS_VSX)
 		       ? __memcmp_power7
 		       : (hwcap & PPC_FEATURE_POWER4)