On Tue, Dec 17, 2019 at 10:16:28PM +0000, Karl Nasrallah wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I have a strncpy for you.
>
> static inline char *strncpy(char *__dest, const char *__src, size_t __n)
> {
> char * retval = __dest;
> const char * __dest_end = __dest + __n - 1;
>
> // size_t is always unsigned
> if(__n == 0)
> {
> return retval;
> }
>
> __asm__ __volatile__ (
> "strncpy_start:\n\t"
> "mov.b @%[src]+,r0\n\t"
> "cmp/eq #0,r0\n\t" // cmp/eq #imm8,r0 is its own instruction
> "bt.s strncpy_pad\n\t" // Done with the string
> "cmp/eq %[dest],%[dest_end]\n\t" // This takes care of the size parameter in only one instruction ;)
> "bt.s strncpy_end\n\t"
> "mov.b r0,@%[dest]\n\t"
> "bra strncpy_start\n\t"
> "add #1,%[dest]\n\t" // mov.b R0,@Rn+ is SH2A only, but we can fill the delay slot with the offset
> "strncpy_pad:\n\t"
> "bt.s strncpy_end\n\t"
> "mov.b r0,@%[dest]\n\t"
> "add #1,%[dest]\n\t"
> "bra strncpy_pad\n\t"
> "cmp/eq %[dest],%[dest_end]\n\t"
> "strncpy_end:\n\t" // All done
> : [src] "+r" (__src), [dest] "+r" (__dest)
> : [dest_end] "r" (__dest_end)
> : "t"
> );
>
> return retval;
> }
>
> Tested with sh4-elf-gcc 9.2.0 on a real SH7750/SH7750R-compatible
> system. No warnings, behaves exactly as per linux (dot) die (dot)
> net/man/3/strncpy and I optimized it with some tricks I devised from
> writing extremely optimized x86. If there are any doubts as to the
> authenticity, note that I am the sole author of this project: github
> (dot) com/KNNSpeed/AVX-Memmove
You're using r0 explicitly in the asm but I don't see where you're
reserving it for your use. You need it either on the clobbers or bound
to a dummy output with earlyclobber.
Rich
