linux.git/arch/powerpc/include/asm/string.h, branch v4.11 Linux kernel source tree powerpc: Remove assembly versions of strcpy, strcat, strlen and strcmp 2016-06-14T03:58:25+00:00 Anton Blanchard anton@samba.org 2016-05-25T22:38:13+00:00 3ece16632b64120df2ef566ce32afbdb4aa8af1e A number of our assembly implementations of string functions do not align their hot loops. I was going to align them manually, but I realised that they are are almost instruction for instruction identical to what gcc produces, with the advantage that gcc does align them. In light of that, let's just remove the assembly versions. Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard <anton@samba.org> Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> 
A number of our assembly implementations of string functions do not
align their hot loops. I was going to align them manually, but I
realised that they are are almost instruction for instruction
identical to what gcc produces, with the advantage that gcc does
align them.

In light of that, let's just remove the assembly versions.

Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard <anton@samba.org>
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
powerpc: memcpy optimization for 64bit LE 2014-04-30T05:26:18+00:00 Philippe Bergheaud felix@linux.vnet.ibm.com 2014-04-29T23:12:01+00:00 00f554fadebb96877ad449758dc90303a9826afe Unaligned stores take alignment exceptions on POWER7 running in little-endian. This is a dumb little-endian base memcpy that prevents unaligned stores. Once booted the feature fixup code switches over to the VMX copy loops (which are already endian safe). The question is what we do before that switch over. The base 64bit memcpy takes alignment exceptions on POWER7 so we can't use it as is. Fixing the causes of alignment exception would slow it down, because we'd need to ensure all loads and stores are aligned either through rotate tricks or bytewise loads and stores. Either would be bad for all other 64bit platforms. [ I simplified the loop a bit - Anton ] Signed-off-by: Philippe Bergheaud <felix@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard <anton@samba.org> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> 
Unaligned stores take alignment exceptions on POWER7 running in little-endian.
This is a dumb little-endian base memcpy that prevents unaligned stores.
Once booted the feature fixup code switches over to the VMX copy loops
(which are already endian safe).

The question is what we do before that switch over. The base 64bit
memcpy takes alignment exceptions on POWER7 so we can't use it as is.
Fixing the causes of alignment exception would slow it down, because
we'd need to ensure all loads and stores are aligned either through
rotate tricks or bytewise loads and stores. Either would be bad for
all other 64bit platforms.

[ I simplified the loop a bit - Anton ]

Signed-off-by: Philippe Bergheaud <felix@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard <anton@samba.org>
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
powerpc: Use generic memcpy code in little endian 2013-10-11T05:48:40+00:00 Anton Blanchard anton@samba.org 2013-09-23T02:04:52+00:00 de577a356848a629b2c7f252ca3d1bc87375b52b We need to fix some endian issues in our memcpy code. For now just enable the generic memcpy routine for little endian builds. Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard <anton@samba.org> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> 
We need to fix some endian issues in our memcpy code. For now
just enable the generic memcpy routine for little endian builds.

Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard <anton@samba.org>
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
powerpc: Move include files to arch/powerpc/include/asm 2008-08-04T02:02:00+00:00 Stephen Rothwell sfr@canb.auug.org.au 2008-08-01T05:20:30+00:00 b8b572e1015f81b4e748417be2629dfe51ab99f9 from include/asm-powerpc. This is the result of a mkdir arch/powerpc/include/asm git mv include/asm-powerpc/* arch/powerpc/include/asm Followed by a few documentation/comment fixups and a couple of places where <asm-powepc/...> was being used explicitly. Of the latter only one was outside the arch code and it is a driver only built for powerpc. Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> 
from include/asm-powerpc.  This is the result of a

mkdir arch/powerpc/include/asm
git mv include/asm-powerpc/* arch/powerpc/include/asm

Followed by a few documentation/comment fixups and a couple of places
where <asm-powepc/...> was being used explicitly.  Of the latter only
one was outside the arch code and it is a driver only built for powerpc.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>