[PATCH] i586: Use a jump table in strcpy.S {BZ #22353]

Florian Weimer fweimer@redhat.com
Mon Oct 30 11:18:00 GMT 2017


On 10/27/2017 11:07 PM, H.J. Lu wrote:
> This may fail if there are instruction changes before L(1):.  This patch
> replaces it with a jump table which works with any instruction changes.

I think you should say instruction *length* changes.

What's the performance impact of the change?  Is it even worth to use a 
jump table here?

Thanks,
Florian



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