/* * arch/alpha/lib/ev67-strlen.S * 21264 version by Rick Gorton * * Finds length of a 0-terminated string. Optimized for the * Alpha architecture: * * - memory accessed as aligned quadwords only * - uses bcmpge to compare 8 bytes in parallel * * Much of the information about 21264 scheduling/coding comes from: * Compiler Writer's Guide for the Alpha 21264 * abbreviated as 'CWG' in other comments here * ftp.digital.com/pub/Digital/info/semiconductor/literature/dsc-library.html * Scheduling notation: * E - either cluster * U - upper subcluster; U0 - subcluster U0; U1 - subcluster U1 * L - lower subcluster; L0 - subcluster L0; L1 - subcluster L1 */ .set noreorder .set noat .globl strlen .ent strlen .align 4 strlen: ldq_u $1, 0($16) # L : load first quadword ($16 may be misaligned) lda $2, -1($31) # E : insqh $2, $16, $2 # U : andnot $16, 7, $0 # E : or $2, $1, $1 # E : cmpbge $31, $1, $2 # E : $2 <- bitmask: bit i == 1 <==> i-th byte == 0 nop # E : bne $2, $found # U : $loop: ldq $1, 8($0) # L : addq $0, 8, $0 # E : addr += 8 cmpbge $31, $1, $2 # E : beq $2, $loop # U : $found: cttz $2, $3 # U0 : addq $0, $3, $0 # E : subq $0, $16, $0 # E : ret $31, ($26) # L0 : .end strlen