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From: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com>
To: akpm@linux-foundation.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] lib/string.c: make strncmp() smaller
Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2019 10:34:03 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190208073403.GA19734@avx2> (raw)

Space savings on x86_64:

	add/remove: 0/0 grow/shrink: 0/1 up/down: 0/-29 (-29)
	Function                                     old     new   delta
	strncmp                                       67      38     -29

Space savings on arm:

	add/remove: 0/0 grow/shrink: 0/1 up/down: 0/-60 (-60)
	Function                                     old     new   delta
	strncmp                                      116      56     -60

Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com>
---

 lib/string.c |   10 ++++------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

--- a/lib/string.c
+++ b/lib/string.c
@@ -344,16 +344,14 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(strcmp);
  */
 int strncmp(const char *cs, const char *ct, size_t count)
 {
-	unsigned char c1, c2;
+	while (count--) {
+		unsigned int c1 = *(unsigned char *)cs++;
+		unsigned int c2 = *(unsigned char *)ct++;
 
-	while (count) {
-		c1 = *cs++;
-		c2 = *ct++;
 		if (c1 != c2)
-			return c1 < c2 ? -1 : 1;
+			return c1 - c2;
 		if (!c1)
 			break;
-		count--;
 	}
 	return 0;
 }

             reply	other threads:[~2019-02-08  7:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-02-08  7:34 Alexey Dobriyan [this message]
2019-02-08  9:31 ` [PATCH] lib/string.c: make strncmp() smaller Joe Perches
2019-02-09 13:02   ` Alexey Dobriyan

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