linux-toradex.git/arch/powerpc/lib/memcmp_32.S, branch v5.0 Linux kernel for Apalis and Colibri modules powerpc/lib: optimise PPC32 memcmp 2018-06-03T14:39:21+00:00 Christophe Leroy christophe.leroy@c-s.fr 2018-05-30T07:06:15+00:00 2676b89eb82f56825d7289edf21f17a6461388b7 At the time being, memcmp() compares two chunks of memory byte per byte. This patch optimises the comparison by comparing word by word. On the same way as commit 15c2d45d17418 ("powerpc: Add 64bit optimised memcmp"), this patch moves memcmp() into a dedicated file named memcmp_32.S A small benchmark performed on an 8xx comparing two chuncks of 512 bytes performed 100000 times gives: Before : 5852274 TB ticks After: 1488638 TB ticks This is almost 4 times faster Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@c-s.fr> Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> 
At the time being, memcmp() compares two chunks of memory
byte per byte.

This patch optimises the comparison by comparing word by word.

On the same way as commit 15c2d45d17418 ("powerpc: Add 64bit
optimised memcmp"), this patch moves memcmp() into a dedicated
file named memcmp_32.S

A small benchmark performed on an 8xx comparing two chuncks
of 512 bytes performed 100000 times gives:

Before : 5852274 TB ticks
After:   1488638 TB ticks

This is almost 4 times faster

Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@c-s.fr>
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>