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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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diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/strstr.c b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/strstr.c
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+/* Multiple versions of strstr. PowerPC64 version.
+   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/>.  */
+
+/* Define multiple versions only for definition in libc.  */
+#if IS_IN (libc)
+# include <string.h>
+# include <shlib-compat.h>
+# include "init-arch.h"
+
+extern __typeof (strstr) __strstr_ppc attribute_hidden;
+extern __typeof (strstr) __strstr_power7 attribute_hidden;
+
+/* Avoid DWARF definition DIE on ifunc symbol so that GDB can handle
+   ifunc symbol properly.  */
+libc_ifunc (strstr,
+            (hwcap & PPC_FEATURE_HAS_VSX)
+            ? __strstr_power7
+            : __strstr_ppc);
+#endif