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Re: [PATCH 6/7] Use SSE optimized strcmp in x86-64 ld.so
- From: OndÅej BÃlka <neleai at seznam dot cz>
- To: "H.J. Lu" <hjl dot tools at gmail dot com>
- Cc: GNU C Library <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2015 16:00:22 +0200
- Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/7] Use SSE optimized strcmp in x86-64 ld.so
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On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 05:24:08AM -0700, H.J. Lu wrote:
> Since ld.so preserves vector registers now, we can SSE optimized strcmp
> in x86-64 ld.so.
>
> OK for master?
>
Not completely, while I agree that we should use optimized strcmp I
think that better default would be strcmp_sse2_unaligned.
Its best for processors from core2 upwards and works everywhere as it
uses only sse2.
I forgot to ask about changing that when I submitted that patch.