Re: [PATCH v6 2/4] powerpc/64: enhance memcmp() with VMX instruction for long bytes comparision
From: Segher Boessenkool <hidden>
Date: 2018-05-30 08:35:50
From: Segher Boessenkool <hidden>
Date: 2018-05-30 08:35:50
On Wed, May 30, 2018 at 04:14:02PM +0800, Simon Guo wrote:
Hi Segher, On Mon, May 28, 2018 at 06:05:59AM -0500, Segher Boessenkool wrote:quoted
On Fri, May 25, 2018 at 12:07:34PM +0800, wei.guo.simon@gmail.com wrote:quoted
+ /* save and restore cr0 */ + mfocrf r5,64 + EXIT_VMX_OPS + mtocrf 64,r5 + b .LcmpAB_lightweightThat's cr1, not cr0. You can use mcrf instead, it is cheaper (esp. if you have it in a non-volatile CR field before so you need only one, if any).You are right :) How about using mtcr/mfcr instead, I think they are fast as well and more readable.
Those are much worse than m[ft]ocrf. You probably should just shuffle things around so that EXIT_VMX_OPS does not clobber the CR field you need to keep. Segher