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+/* Optimized strcmp implementation for Power7 using 'cmpb' instruction
+ Copyright (C) 2014 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/>. */
+
+/* The optimization is achieved here through cmpb instruction.
+ 8byte aligned strings are processed with double word comparision
+ and unaligned strings are handled effectively with loop unrolling
+ technique */
+
+#include <sysdep.h>
+
+/* int [r3] strcmp (const char *s1 [r3], const char *s2 [r4]) */
+
+EALIGN (strcmp, 4, 0)
+ CALL_MCOUNT 2
+
+ or r9, r3, r4
+ rldicl. r10, r9, 0, 61 /* are s1 and s2 8 byte aligned..? */
+ bne cr0, L(process_unaligned_bytes)
+
+/* process input parameters on double word aligned boundary */
+ ld r9, 0(r4) /* load s2 at offset=0 */
+ li r10, 0 /* load mask=0 */
+ cmpb r10, r9, r10 /* compare bytes at s2 with mask */
+ cmpdi cr7, r10, 0 /* is NULL found ..? is end of string HIT */
+ bne cr7, L(process_unaligned_bytes) /* process byte by byte */
+
+ ld r10, 0(r3) /* load s1 at offset=0 */
+ li r8, 0 /* load mask=0 */
+ cmpb r8, r10, r8 /* compare bytes at s1 with mask */
+ cmpdi cr7, r8, 0 /* is NULL found ..? is end of string HIT */
+ bne cr7, L(process_unaligned_bytes) /* process byte by byte */
+
+/*s1 and s2 does not contain NULL now , so compare all 8 bytes in a GO */
+ cmpb r9, r10, r9 /* compare s1 and s2 */
+ cmpdi cr7, r9, -1 /* compare result with 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF */
+ bne cr7, L(process_unaligned_bytes) /* s1,s2 mismatch found */
+
+ addi r5, r3, 8 /* save next offset of s2 */
+ addi r11, r4, 8 /* save next offset of s1 */
+ ld r8, 8(r4) /* load s2 at offset=8 */
+ li r9, 0 /* load mask=0 */
+ cmpb r9, r8, r9 /* compare bytes at s2 with mask */
+ cmpdi cr7, r9, 0 /* NULL found ..? */
+ bne cr7, L(processBytes)/* update input and process bytes one by one */
+
+ mr r9, r4 /* save s2 */
+ li r10, 0 /* load mask=0 */
+
+ ld r7, 8(r3) /* load s1 at offset=8 */
+ cmpb r6, r7, r10 /* compare bytes at s1 with mask */
+ cmpdi cr7, r6, 0 /* is NULL found */
+ bne cr7, L(processBytes)/* mismatch, so process one by one */
+
+L(unrollDword):
+ cmpb r8, r7, r8 /* compare s1 and s2 */
+ cmpdi cr7, r8, -1 /* compare result with 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF */
+ bne cr7, L(processBytes)/* mismatch with s1 and s2 */
+
+ addi r5, r3, 16 /* save offset=16 of s1 */
+ addi r4, r9, 16 /* save offset=16 of s2 */
+ ld r8, 16(r9) /* load s2 at offset=16 */
+ cmpb r7, r8, r10 /* compare bytes at s2 with mask */
+ cmpdi cr7, r7, 0 /* NULL found ..? */
+ bne cr7, L(update2processBytes)
+
+ ld r7, 16(r3) /* load s1 at offset=16 */
+ cmpb r6, r7, r10 /* check s1 for end of string */
+ cmpdi cr7, r6, 0 /* end of s1 ?,then handle byte by byte */
+ bne 7,L(update2processBytes)
+
+ cmpb r8, r7, r8 /* compare s1 and s2 double words */
+ cmpdi cr7, r8, -1 /* compare results with 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF */
+ bne cr7,L(update2processBytes)
+
+ addi r5, r3, 24 /* update s1 to offset=24 */
+ addi r4, r9, 24 /* update s2 to offset=24 */
+
+ ld r8, 24(r9) /* load s2 */
+ cmpb r7, r8, r10 /* compare s2 for NULL */
+ cmpdi cr7, r7, 0 /* verify if s2 is ending now */
+ bne cr7,L(update2processBytes)
+
+ ld r7, 24(r3) /* load s1 at offset=24 */
+ cmpb r6, r7, r10 /* verify for NULL */
+ cmpdi cr7, r6, 0 /* is NULL found */
+ bne cr7, L(update2processBytes)
+
+ cmpb r8, r7, r8 /* compare s1 and s2 */
+ cmpdi cr7, r8, -1 /* are s1 and s2 same ..? */
+ bne cr7, L(update2processBytes)
+
+ addi r7, r9, 32 /* update s2 to next double word */
+ addi r3, r3, 32 /* update s1 to next double word */
+
+ ld r8, 32(r9) /* load s2 */
+ mr r4, r7 /* save s2 */
+ cmpb r6, r8, r10 /* compare s2 with NULL */
+ cmpdi cr7, r6, 0 /* end of s2 ..? */
+ bne cr7, L(process_unaligned_bytes)
+
+ ld r6, 0(r3) /* load and compare s1 for NULL */
+ cmpb r5, r6, r10
+ cmpdi cr7, r5, 0
+ bne cr7, L(process_unaligned_bytes)
+
+ cmpb r8, r6, r8 /* compare s1 and s2 */
+ cmpdi cr7, r8, -1
+ bne cr7, L(process_unaligned_bytes)
+
+ addi r5, r3, 8 /* increment s1 and d2 here */
+ addi r11, r9, 40
+
+ ld r8, 40(r9) /* process s2 now */
+ cmpb r9, r8, r10
+ cmpdi cr7, r9, 0
+ bne cr7, L(processBytes)
+
+ mr r9, r7
+ ld r7, 8(r3) /* process s1 now */
+ cmpb r6, r7, r10
+ cmpdi cr7, r6, 0
+ beq cr7, L(unrollDword) /* unroll to compare s1 and s2 */
+
+L(processBytes):
+ mr r4, r11 /* update input params */
+ mr r3, r5
+
+ .p2align 4
+L(process_unaligned_bytes):
+ lbz r9, 0(r3) /* load byte from s1 */
+ lbz r10, 0(r4) /* load byte from s2 */
+ cmpdi cr7, r9, 0 /* compare *s1 with NULL */
+ beq cr7, L(diffOfNULL) /* if *s1 is NULL , return *s1 - *s2 */
+ cmplw cr7, r9, r10 /* compare *s1 and *s2 */
+ bne cr7, L(ComputeDiff) /* branch to compute difference and return */
+
+ lbz r9, 1(r3) /* load next byte from s1 */
+ lbz r10, 1(r4) /* load next byte from s2 */
+ cmpdi cr7, r9, 0 /* compare *s1 with NULL */
+ beq cr7, L(diffOfNULL) /* if *s1 is NULL , return *s1 - *s2 */
+ cmplw cr7, r9, r10 /* compare *s1 and *s2 */
+ bne cr7, L(ComputeDiff) /* branch to compute difference and return */
+
+ lbz r9, 2(r3) /* unroll 3rd byte here */
+ lbz r10, 2(r4)
+ cmpdi cr7, r9, 0
+ beq cr7, L(diffOfNULL)
+ cmplw cr7, r9, r10
+ bne 7, L(ComputeDiff)
+
+ lbz r9, 3(r3) /* unroll 4th byte now */
+ lbz r10, 3(r4)
+ addi r3, r3, 4 /* increment s1 by unroll factor */
+ cmpdi cr7, r9, 0
+ cmplw cr6, 9, r10
+ beq cr7, L(diffOfNULL)
+ addi r4, r4, 4 /* increment s2 by unroll factor */
+ beq cr6, L(process_unaligned_bytes) /* unroll byte processing */
+
+ .p2align 4
+L(ComputeDiff):
+ extsw r9, r9
+ subf r10, r10, r9 /* compute s1 - s2 */
+ extsw r3, r10
+ blr /* return */
+
+ .p2align 4
+L(diffOfNULL):
+ li r9, 0
+ subf r10, r10, r9 /* compute s1 - s2 */
+ extsw r3, r10 /* sign extend result */
+ blr /* return */
+
+ .p2align 4
+L(update2processBytes):
+ mr r3, r5 /* update and proceed */
+ b L(process_unaligned_bytes)
+
+END (strcmp)
+libc_hidden_builtin_def (strcmp)