diff --git a/sysdeps/alpha/string-fzb.h b/sysdeps/alpha/string-fzb.h
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+/* Zero byte detection; boolean.  Alpha version.
+   Copyright (C) 2022 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 _STRING_FZB_H
+#define _STRING_FZB_H 1
+
+#include <string-optype.h>
+
+/* Note that since CMPBGE creates a bit mask rather than a byte mask,
+   we cannot simply provide a target-specific string-fza.h.  */
+
+/* Determine if any byte within X is zero.  This is a pure boolean test.  */
+
+static inline _Bool
+has_zero (op_t x)
+{
+  return __builtin_alpha_cmpbge (0, x) != 0;
+}
+
+/* Likewise, but for byte equality between X1 and X2.  */
+
+static inline _Bool
+has_eq (op_t x1, op_t x2)
+{
+  return has_zero (x1 ^ x2);
+}
+
+/* Likewise, but for zeros in X1 and equal bytes between X1 and X2.  */
+
+static inline _Bool
+has_zero_eq (op_t x1, op_t x2)
+{
+  return has_zero (x1) | has_eq (x1, x2);
+}
+
+#endif /* _STRING_FZB_H */
diff --git a/sysdeps/alpha/string-fzi.h b/sysdeps/alpha/string-fzi.h
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+/* string-fzi.h -- zero byte detection; indices.  Alpha version.
+   Copyright (C) 2022 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 _STRING_FZI_H
+#define _STRING_FZI_H
+
+#include <limits.h>
+#include <string-optype.h>
+
+/* Note that since CMPBGE creates a bit mask rather than a byte mask,
+   we cannot simply provide a target-specific string-fza.h.  */
+
+/* A subroutine for the index_zero functions.  Given a bitmask C,
+   return the index of the first bit set in memory order.  */
+
+static inline unsigned int
+index_first_ (unsigned long int c)
+{
+#ifdef __alpha_cix__
+  return __builtin_ctzl (c);
+#else
+  c = c & -c;
+  return (c & 0xf0 ? 4 : 0) + (c & 0xcc ? 2 : 0) + (c & 0xaa ? 1 : 0);
+#endif
+}
+
+/* Similarly, but return the (memory order) index of the last bit
+   that is non-zero.  Note that only the least 8 bits may be nonzero.  */
+
+static inline unsigned int
+index_last_ (unsigned long int x)
+{
+#ifdef __alpha_cix__
+  return __builtin_clzl (x) ^ 63;
+#else
+  unsigned r = 0;
+  if (x & 0xf0)
+    r += 4;
+  if (x & (0xc << r))
+    r += 2;
+  if (x & (0x2 << r))
+    r += 1;
+  return r;
+#endif
+}
+
+/* Given a word X that is known to contain a zero byte, return the
+   index of the first such within the word in memory order.  */
+
+static inline unsigned int
+index_first_zero (op_t x)
+{
+  return index_first_ (__builtin_alpha_cmpbge (0, x));
+}
+
+/* Similarly, but perform the test for byte equality between X1 and X2.  */
+
+static inline unsigned int
+index_first_eq (op_t x1, op_t x2)
+{
+  return index_first_zero (x1 ^ x2);
+}
+
+/* Similarly, but perform the search for zero within X1 or
+   equality between X1 and X2.  */
+
+static inline unsigned int
+index_first_zero_eq (op_t x1, op_t x2)
+{
+  return index_first_ (__builtin_alpha_cmpbge (0, x1)
+		       | __builtin_alpha_cmpbge (0, x1 ^ x2));
+}
+
+/* Similarly, but perform the search for zero within X1 or
+   inequality between X1 and X2.  */
+
+static inline unsigned int
+index_first_zero_ne (op_t x1, op_t x2)
+{
+  return index_first_ (__builtin_alpha_cmpbge (0, x1)
+		       | (__builtin_alpha_cmpbge (0, x1 ^ x2) ^ 0xFF));
+}
+
+/* Similarly, but search for the last zero within X.  */
+
+static inline unsigned int
+index_last_zero (op_t x)
+{
+  return index_last_ (__builtin_alpha_cmpbge (0, x));
+}
+
+static inline unsigned int
+index_last_eq (op_t x1, op_t x2)
+{
+  return index_last_zero (x1 ^ x2);
+}
+
+#endif /* _STRING_FZI_H */
