[PATCH] opcodes: make use of __builtin_popcount when available
Andrew Burgess
andrew.burgess@embecosm.com
Mon Jun 21 15:21:56 GMT 2021
This commit provides a small performance improvement when starting up
CGEN based disassemblers by making use of __builtin_popcount.
The #if check used in this commit was copied from bfd/elf32-arm.c
where __builtin_popcount is also used.
I ran into this code while investigating some GDB tests that would
occasionally timeout. One of the reason these tests were having
problems is that the m16c and m32c disassemblers take so long to
initialise themselves. Speeding up count_decodable_bits helps, but is
not a total solution. Still, this felt like an easy win which added
minimal extra complexity, so I figure its worth doing.
opcodes/ChangeLog:
* cgen-dis.c (count_decodable_bits): Use __builtin_popcount when
available.
---
opcodes/ChangeLog | 5 +++++
opcodes/cgen-dis.c | 4 ++++
2 files changed, 9 insertions(+)
diff --git a/opcodes/cgen-dis.c b/opcodes/cgen-dis.c
index 6a93060edd5..1a5d1ae8459 100644
--- a/opcodes/cgen-dis.c
+++ b/opcodes/cgen-dis.c
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ static int
count_decodable_bits (const CGEN_INSN *insn)
{
unsigned mask = CGEN_INSN_BASE_MASK (insn);
+#if GCC_VERSION >= 3004
+ return __builtin_popcount (mask);
+#else
int bits = 0;
unsigned m;
@@ -49,6 +52,7 @@ count_decodable_bits (const CGEN_INSN *insn)
++bits;
}
return bits;
+#endif
}
/* Add an instruction to the hash chain. */
--
2.25.4
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