[PATCH v1 1/2] x86: Add comment explaining no Slow_SSE4_2 check in ifunc-sse4_2

[Noah Goldstein]

On Wed, Jun 29, 2022 at 11:54 AM H.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Jun 28, 2022 at 8:27 AM Noah Goldstein <goldstein.w.n@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Just for clarities sake and so that if a future implementation is
> > added we remember to add the check.
> > ---
> >  sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/ifunc-sse4_2.h | 6 +++++-
> >  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/ifunc-sse4_2.h b/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/ifunc-sse4_2.h
> > index ee36525bcf..204c4b5406 100644
> > --- a/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/ifunc-sse4_2.h
> > +++ b/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/ifunc-sse4_2.h
> > @@ -27,7 +27,11 @@ IFUNC_SELECTOR (void)
> >  {
> >    const struct cpu_features* cpu_features = __get_cpu_features ();
> >
> > -  if (CPU_FEATURE_USABLE_P (cpu_features, SSE4_2))
> > +  /* This function uses slow sse4.2 instructions (pcmpstri) but since
> > +     there is no other optimized implementation keep using.  If an
> > +     optimized fallback is added add a X86_ISA_CPU_FEATURE_USABLE_P
> > +     (cpu_features, SSE4_2) check.  */
>
> Did you mean Slow_SSE4_2?

Yes. Will fix for V2.
>
> > +  if (ISA_CPU_FEATURE_USABLE_P (cpu_features, SSE4_2))
> >      return OPTIMIZE (sse42);
> >
> >    return OPTIMIZE (generic);
> > --
> > 2.34.1
> >
>
>
> --
> H.J.