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+/* Zero byte detection; basics. PowerPC version.
+ Copyright (C) 2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+ The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+ The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+ <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
+
+#ifndef _POWERPC_STRING_FZA_H
+#define _POWERPC_STRING_FZA_H 1
+
+/* PowerISA 2.05 (POWER6) provides cmpb instruction. */
+#ifdef _ARCH_PWR6
+# include <string-misc.h>
+# include <string-optype.h>
+
+/* The functions return a byte mask. */
+typedef op_t find_t;
+
+/* This function returns 0xff for each byte that is
+ equal between X1 and X2. */
+
+static __always_inline find_t
+find_eq_all (op_t x1, op_t x2)
+{
+ return __builtin_cmpb (x1, x2);
+}
+
+/* This function returns 0xff for each byte that is zero in X. */
+
+static __always_inline find_t
+find_zero_all (op_t x)
+{
+ return find_eq_all (x, 0);
+}
+
+/* Identify zero bytes in X1 or equality between X1 and X2. */
+
+static __always_inline find_t
+find_zero_eq_all (op_t x1, op_t x2)
+{
+ return find_zero_all (x1) | find_eq_all (x1, x2);
+}
+
+/* Identify zero bytes in X1 or inequality between X1 and X2. */
+
+static __always_inline find_t
+find_zero_ne_all (op_t x1, op_t x2)
+{
+ return find_zero_all (x1) | ~find_eq_all (x1, x2);
+}
+
+/* Define the "inexact" versions in terms of the exact versions. */
+# define find_zero_low find_zero_all
+# define find_eq_low find_eq_all
+# define find_zero_eq_low find_zero_eq_all
+# define find_zero_ne_low find_zero_ne_all
+#else
+# include <sysdeps/generic/string-fza.h>
+#endif /* _ARCH_PWR6 */
+
+#endif /* _POWERPC_STRING_FZA_H */
From: Richard Henderson <richard.henderson@linaro.org> While ppc has the more important string functions in assembly, there are still a few generic routines used. Use the Power 6 CMPB insn for testing of zeros. Checked on powerpc64le-linux-gnu. --- sysdeps/powerpc/string-fza.h | 72 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 72 insertions(+) create mode 100644 sysdeps/powerpc/string-fza.h