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authorRajalakshmi Srinivasaraghavan <raji@linux.vnet.ibm.com>2015-06-24 02:08:21 -0400
committerTulio Magno Quites Machado Filho <tuliom@linux.vnet.ibm.com>2015-07-16 13:43:51 -0300
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powerpc: strstr optimization
This patch optimizes strstr function for power >= 7 systems.  Performance
gain is obtained using aligned memory access and usage of cmpb
instruction for quicker comparison.  The average improvement of this
optimization is ~40%.  Tested on ppc64 and ppc64le.

2015-07-16  Rajalakshmi Srinivasaraghavan  <raji@linux.vnet.ibm.com>

	* sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/Makefile: Add strstr().
	* sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/ifunc-impl-list.c: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/power7/strstr.S: New File.
	* sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/strstr-power7.S: New File.
	* sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/strstr-ppc64.c: New File.
	* sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/strstr.c: New File.
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+/* Optimized strstr implementation for POWER7.
+   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>
+
+#undef EALIGN
+#define EALIGN(name, alignt, words)				\
+  .section ".text";						\
+  ENTRY_2(__strstr_power7)					\
+  .align ALIGNARG(alignt);					\
+  EALIGN_W_##words;						\
+  BODY_LABEL(__strstr_power7):					\
+  cfi_startproc;						\
+  LOCALENTRY(__strstr_power7)
+
+#undef END
+#define END(name)						\
+  cfi_endproc;							\
+  TRACEBACK(__strstr_power7)					\
+  END_2(__strstr_power7)
+
+#undef libc_hidden_builtin_def
+#define libc_hidden_builtin_def(name)
+
+#define STRLEN __strlen_power7
+#define STRNLEN __strnlen_power7
+#define STRCHR __strchr_power7
+
+#include <sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/power7/strstr.S>