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Re: [PATCH 3/5] [Powerpc] tune/optimize memmove/wordcopy. Addhelper macro to call MERGE

From: Will Schmidt <will_schmidt at vnet dot ibm dot com>
To: Richard Henderson <rth at twiddle dot net>
Cc: libc-alpha at sourceware dot org, willschm at us dot ibm dot com
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2012 10:30:04 -0500
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/5] [Powerpc] tune/optimize memmove/wordcopy. Addhelper macro to call MERGE
References: <20120312213742.28917.97709.stgit@brimstone> <20120312213826.28917.15641.stgit@brimstone> <4F5E8BAE.6070404@twiddle.net>
Reply-to: will_schmidt at vnet dot ibm dot com

On Mon, 2012-03-12 at 16:50 -0700, Richard Henderson wrote:
> On 03/12/12 14:38, Will Schmidt wrote:
> > [Powerpc] tune/optimize memmove/wordcopy. Add helper macro to call MERGE
> > 
> > Add helper macros to handle calling the MERGE function with the proper
> > alignments.  This significantly shortens the code.
> 
> This one would be good to apply *before* the copy to power7.

Good point,..  :-)   I figured on updating the power6 with the merge
macros after this set went in, but doing it pre-copy cuts down on some
noise.  I'll give folks a bit longer to chime in on the other patches,
and will respin with this suggested change after a bit. 

Thanks, 
-Will

> 
> 
> r~
>

References:
- [PATCH 0/5] Tune and tweak memmove/wordcopy code for Powerpc
  - From: Will Schmidt
- [PATCH 3/5] [Powerpc] tune/optimize memmove/wordcopy. Add helpermacro to call MERGE
  - From: Will Schmidt
- Re: [PATCH 3/5] [Powerpc] tune/optimize memmove/wordcopy. Add helpermacro to call MERGE
  - From: Richard Henderson

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