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.

1 files changed, 35 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/strspn.c b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/strspn.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0e653f3f6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/strspn.c
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/* Multiple versions of strspn. PowerPC64 version.
+   Copyright (C) 2016 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 <string.h>
+# include <shlib-compat.h>
+# include "init-arch.h"
+
+#undef strspn
+extern __typeof (strspn) __libc_strspn;
+
+extern __typeof (strspn) __strspn_ppc attribute_hidden;
+extern __typeof (strspn) __strspn_power8 attribute_hidden;
+
+libc_ifunc (__libc_strspn,
+	    (hwcap2 & PPC_FEATURE2_ARCH_2_07)
+	    ? __strspn_power8
+	    : __strspn_ppc);
+
+weak_alias (__libc_strspn, strspn)
+libc_hidden_builtin_def (strspn)