Re: [U-Boot] [PATCH V3 1/3] lib_generic memcpy: copy one word at a time if possible

2009-10-11 Thread Chris Moore
Hi Alessandro, Alessandro Rubini a écrit : >>> + unsigned long *dl = (unsigned long *)dest, *sl = (unsigned long *)src; >>> > > >> Nitpick: Are you sure the casts are necessary here ? >> > > Without the one on src it complains because of "const". So I write > both for symetry. >

Re: [U-Boot] [PATCH V3 1/3] lib_generic memcpy: copy one word at a time if possible

2009-10-10 Thread Alessandro Rubini
Hello Chris >> +unsigned long *dl = (unsigned long *)dest, *sl = (unsigned long *)src; > Nitpick: Are you sure the casts are necessary here ? Without the one on src it complains because of "const". So I write both for symetry. > + if ( (((ulong)dest | (ulong)src) & (sizeof(*dl) - 1)) ==

Re: [U-Boot] [PATCH V3 1/3] lib_generic memcpy: copy one word at a time if possible

2009-10-09 Thread Chris Moore
Alessandro Rubini a écrit : > From: Alessandro Rubini > > If source and destination are aligned, this copies ulong values > until possible, trailing part is copied by byte. Thanks for the details > to Wolfgang Denk, Mike Frysinger, Peter Tyser, Chris Moore. > > Signed-off-by: Alessandro Rubini >

Re: [U-Boot] [PATCH V3 1/3] lib_generic memcpy: copy one word at a time if possible

2009-10-09 Thread Alessandro Rubini
> i think you want to drop the count from the list, otherwise we dont consume > the leading groups of 4 bytes if count isnt a multiple of 4. Yes, same for memset. See Wolfgang it was not 10% more? These micro optimizations are hairy, as you need to measure them to make sure they work. Ok, V4 tom

Re: [U-Boot] [PATCH V3 1/3] lib_generic memcpy : copy one word at a time if possible

2009-10-09 Thread Mike Frysinger
On Friday 09 October 2009 05:12:20 Alessandro Rubini wrote: > + /* while all data is aligned (common case), copy a word at a time */ > + if ( (((ulong)dest | (ulong)src | count) & (sizeof(*dl) - 1)) == 0) { i think you want to drop the count from the list, otherwise we dont consume the le

[U-Boot] [PATCH V3 1/3] lib_generic memcpy: copy one word at a time if possible

2009-10-09 Thread Alessandro Rubini
From: Alessandro Rubini If source and destination are aligned, this copies ulong values until possible, trailing part is copied by byte. Thanks for the details to Wolfgang Denk, Mike Frysinger, Peter Tyser, Chris Moore. Signed-off-by: Alessandro Rubini Acked-by: Andrea Gallo --- lib_generic/s