strncmp.S

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#include <machine/asm.h>
/*
 * strncmp(s1, s2, n)
 *	return an integer greater than, equal to, or less than 0,
 *	according as the first n characters of string s1 is greater
 *	than, equal to, or less than the string s2.
 *
 * %eax - pointer to s1
 * %ecx - pointer to s2
 * %edx - length
 *
 * Written by:
 *	J.T. Conklin ([email protected]), Winning Strategies, Inc.
 */

/*
 * I've unrolled the loop eight times: large enough to make a
 * significant difference, and small enough not to totally trash the
 * cache.
 *
 * TODO: change all the jz's back to je for consistency.
 */

ENTRY(strncmp)
	pushl	%ebx
	movl	8(%esp),%eax
	movl	12(%esp),%ecx
	movl	16(%esp),%edx
	testl	%edx,%edx
	jmp	L2			/* Jump into the loop! */

	.align 2,0x90
L1:	incl	%eax
	incl	%ecx
	decl	%edx
L2:	jz	L4			/* strings are equal */
	movb	(%eax),%bl
	testb	%bl,%bl
	jz	L3
	cmpb	%bl,(%ecx)
	jne	L3

/*
 * XXX it might be best to move the next 4 instructions to the end of the
 * unrolled part of the loop.  The unrolled part would then be
 *	movb n(%eax),%bl; testb %bl, %bl; je L3; cmpb n(%ecx); jne L3
 * or maybe better
 *	movb n(%eax),%bl; cmpb n(%ecx); jne L3; testb %bl,%bl; je return_0
 * for n = 0, 1, ..., 8.  The end of the loop would be
 *	L1: addl $8,%eax; addl $8,%ecx; subl $8,%edx; cmpl $8,%edx; jae Lx
 * where residual counts of 0 to 7 are handled at Lx.  However, this would
 * be slower for short strings.  Cache effects are probably not so
 * important because we are only handling a byte at a time.
 */
	incl	%eax
	incl	%ecx
	decl	%edx
	jz	L4
	movb	(%eax),%bl
	testb	%bl,%bl
	jz	L3
	cmpb	%bl,(%ecx)
	jne	L3

	incl	%eax
	incl	%ecx
	decl	%edx
	jz	L4
	movb	(%eax),%bl
	testb	%bl,%bl
	jz	L3
	cmpb	%bl,(%ecx)
	jne	L3

	incl	%eax
	incl	%ecx
	decl	%edx
	jz	L4
	movb	(%eax),%bl
	testb	%bl,%bl
	jz	L3
	cmpb	%bl,(%ecx)
	jne	L3

	incl	%eax
	incl	%ecx
	decl	%edx
	jz	L4
	movb	(%eax),%bl
	testb	%bl,%bl
	jz	L3
	cmpb	%bl,(%ecx)
	jne	L3

	incl	%eax
	incl	%ecx
	decl	%edx
	jz	L4
	movb	(%eax),%bl
	testb	%bl,%bl
	jz	L3
	cmpb	%bl,(%ecx)
	jne	L3

	incl	%eax
	incl	%ecx
	decl	%edx
	jz	L4
	movb	(%eax),%bl
	testb	%bl,%bl
	jz	L3
	cmpb	%bl,(%ecx)
	jne	L3

	incl	%eax
	incl	%ecx
	decl	%edx
	jz	L4
	movb	(%eax),%bl
	testb	%bl,%bl
	jz	L3
	cmpb	%bl,(%ecx)
	je	L1

	.align 2,0x90
L3:	movzbl	(%eax),%eax		/* unsigned comparison */
	movzbl	(%ecx),%ecx
	subl	%ecx,%eax
	popl	%ebx
	ret
	.align 2,0x90
L4:	xorl	%eax,%eax
	popl	%ebx
	ret
END(strncmp)

	.section .note.GNU-stack,"",%progbits