[PATCH] x86_64: Remove 9 REX bytes from memchr.S

Zack Weinberg zackw@panix.com
Sat May 20 14:59:00 GMT 2017


On Sat, May 20, 2017 at 10:50 AM, H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com> wrote:
> There is no need to use 64-bit registers when only the lower 32 bits
> are non-zero.

This code is used generically for x86-64, not for a specific
microarchitecture. Is there a reason why this will never cause partial
register stalls, now or in the future?

zw



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