[PATCH] Mark inputs being ZERO as unlikely __mul in powerpc

Siddhesh Poyarekar siddhesh@redhat.com
Wed Feb 20 14:18:00 GMT 2013


On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 07:19:21PM +0530, Siddhesh Poyarekar wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> The patch below marks the case of X or Y being ZERO as unlikely on
> powerpc.  This makes no difference to the generated code.  The only
> purpose is to sync up the code with the default code.  OK to commit?
> 

Sorry, this does not result in identical code.  It improves
performance by a tiny bit (0.3%), similar to that on x86.  OK to
commit?

Siddhesh



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