[PATCH 3/3] resolv: Optimize inet_ntop
Florian Weimer
fweimer@redhat.com
Wed Jun 4 17:08:23 GMT 2025
* Adhemerval Zanella Netto:
>> The words copy shouldn't really be needed, GCC can usually combine two
>> byte accesses into single 16-bit loads.
>
> There is no need for the words array in fact, we can ntohs when
> accessing the s6_addr16 for source (and on most chips it should be
> lowered efficiently).
I believe this introduces an alignment requirement that the inet_ntop
specification does not actually provide.
Thanks,
Florian
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