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From: Jeff Law <jeffreyalaw@gmail.com>
To: libc-alpha@sourceware.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v10 00/24] Improve generic string routines
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2023 16:00:49 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <cc345726-bfbb-405b-603e-6659d8a82afd@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230120211622.3445279-1-adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org>



On 1/20/23 14:15, Adhemerval Zanella via Libc-alpha wrote:
> It is done by:
> 
>    1. Parametrizing the internal routines (for instance the find zero
>       in a word) so each architecture can reimplement without the need
>       to reimplement the whole routine.
> 
>    2. Vectorizing more string implementations (for instance strcpy
>       and strcmp).
> 
>    3. Change some implementations to use already possible optimized
>       ones (strnlen and strchr).  It makes new ports to focus on
>       only provide optimized implementation of a hardful symbols
>       (for instance memchr) and make its improvement to be used in
>       a larger set of routines.
> 
> I checked on x86_64-linux-gnu, i686-linux-gnu, powerpc-linux-gnu,
> and powerpc64-linux-gnu by removing the arch-specific assembly
> implementation and disabling multiarch (it covers both LE and BE
> for 64 and 32 bits). I also checked the string routines on alpha, hppa,
> and sh.
[ ... ]
You guys are making work for me! :)

We've got hand-written RISC-V implementations of various str* and mem* 
routines that I nearly asked to get merged for glibc-2.37.  I held off 
thinking that there wasn't much benefit to including it in 2.37 vs 2.38. 
  Bad call on my part!

jeff

  parent reply	other threads:[~2023-01-20 23:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-01-20 21:15 Adhemerval Zanella
2023-01-20 21:15 ` [PATCH v10 01/24] Parameterize op_t from memcopy.h Adhemerval Zanella
2023-01-20 21:16 ` [PATCH v10 02/24] Parameterize OP_T_THRES " Adhemerval Zanella
2023-01-20 21:16 ` [PATCH v10 03/24] Add string vectorized find and detection functions Adhemerval Zanella
2023-01-20 21:16 ` [PATCH v10 04/24] string: Improve generic strlen Adhemerval Zanella
2023-01-20 21:16 ` [PATCH v10 05/24] string: Improve generic strnlen Adhemerval Zanella
2023-01-20 21:16 ` [PATCH v10 06/24] string: Improve generic strchr Adhemerval Zanella
2023-01-20 21:16 ` [PATCH v10 07/24] string: Improve generic strchrnul Adhemerval Zanella
2023-01-20 21:16 ` [PATCH v10 08/24] string: Improve generic strcmp Adhemerval Zanella
2023-01-20 21:16 ` [PATCH v10 09/24] string: Improve generic strncmp Adhemerval Zanella
2023-01-20 21:16 ` [PATCH v10 10/24] string: Improve generic memchr Adhemerval Zanella
2023-01-20 21:16 ` [PATCH v10 11/24] string: Improve generic memrchr Adhemerval Zanella
2023-01-20 21:16 ` [PATCH v10 12/24] hppa: Add memcopy.h Adhemerval Zanella
2023-01-20 21:16 ` [PATCH v10 13/24] hppa: Add string-fzb.h and string-fzi.h Adhemerval Zanella
2023-01-20 21:16 ` [PATCH v10 14/24] alpha: " Adhemerval Zanella
2023-01-20 21:16 ` [PATCH v10 15/24] arm: Add string-fza.h Adhemerval Zanella
2023-01-20 21:16 ` [PATCH v10 16/24] powerpc: " Adhemerval Zanella
2023-01-20 21:16 ` [PATCH v10 17/24] sh: Add string-fzb.h Adhemerval Zanella
2023-01-20 21:16 ` [PATCH v10 18/24] string: Hook up the default implementation on test-strlen Adhemerval Zanella
2023-01-20 21:16 ` [PATCH v10 19/24] string: Hook up the default implementation on test-strnlen Adhemerval Zanella
2023-01-20 21:16 ` [PATCH v10 20/24] string: Hook up the default implementation on test-strchr Adhemerval Zanella
2023-01-20 21:16 ` [PATCH v10 21/24] string: Hook up the default implementation on test-strcmp Adhemerval Zanella
2023-01-20 21:16 ` [PATCH v10 22/24] string: Hook up the default implementation on test-strncmp Adhemerval Zanella
2023-01-20 21:16 ` [PATCH v10 23/24] string: Hook up the default implementation on test-memchr Adhemerval Zanella
2023-01-20 21:16 ` [PATCH v10 24/24] string: Hook up the default implementation on test-memrchr Adhemerval Zanella
2023-01-20 23:00 ` Jeff Law [this message]
2023-01-27 16:52   ` [PATCH v10 00/24] Improve generic string routines Adhemerval Zanella Netto
2023-01-27 19:36   ` Richard Henderson
2023-01-30 13:26     ` Adhemerval Zanella Netto
2023-01-30 18:37       ` Jeff Law
2023-01-28 14:30 ` Xi Ruoyao
2023-01-30 13:10   ` Adhemerval Zanella Netto

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