[PATCH 3/6] riscv: add vectorized memcmp
Kito Cheng
kito.cheng@gmail.com
Fri May 22 08:31:56 GMT 2026
Hi Pincheng:
> diff --git a/newlib/libc/machine/riscv/memcmp-asm.S b/newlib/libc/machine/riscv/memcmp-asm.S
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000..8614f66e4
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/newlib/libc/machine/riscv/memcmp-asm.S
> @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
> +#if defined(__riscv_vector) && !defined(__OPTIMIZE_SIZE__) && !defined(PREFER_SIZE_OVER_SPEED)
> +.text
> +.option push
> +.option arch, +zve32x
> +.global memcmp
> +.type memcmp, @function
> +memcmp:
> +#if __riscv_landing_pad
> + lpad 0
> +#endif
> + beqz a2, .Lequal
> +.Lloop:
> + vsetvli a3, a2, e8, m8, ta, ma
> +
> + vle8.v v0, (a0)
> + vle8.v v8, (a1)
> +
> + vmsne.vv v16, v0, v8
> + sub a2, a2, a3
> + vfirst.m a4, v16
> +
> + bgez a4, .Lfound
> +
> + add a0, a0, a3
> + add a1, a1, a3
> +
> + bnez a2, .Lloop
> +
> +.Lequal:
> + li a0, 0
> + ret
> +.Lfound:
> + vrgather.vx v16, v0, a4
> + vrgather.vx v24, v8, a4
I would like to avoid those two vrgather here, we can use the result
of vfirst.m and did some arithmetic to get same value as well,
vrgather is a powerful instruction but it might slow.
> + vmv.x.s a0, v16
> + vmv.x.s a4, v24
Also that could prevent those two vec reg -> GPR move, that might be
relative expensive in some uarch.
> + andi a0, a0, 0xff
> + andi a4, a4, 0xff
> + sub a0, a0, a4
> + ret
> +.size memcmp, .-memcmp
> +.option pop
> +#endif
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