1 /* copy no more then N bytes from SRC to DEST, returning the address of
2 the terminating '\0' in DEST.
4 Copyright (C) 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5 This file is part of the GNU C Library.
6 Contributed by Ulrich Drepper <drepper@gnu.ai.mit.edu>
7 Some bug fixes by Alan Modra <Alan@SPRI.Levels.UniSA.Edu.Au>
8 - original wrote n+1 chars in some cases.
9 - stpncpy() ought to behave like strncpy() ie. not null-terminate
10 if limited by n. glibc-1.09 stpncpy() does this.
12 The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
13 modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
14 published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
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18 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
19 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
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24 write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
25 Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
28 #include "asm-syntax.h"
42 movl 8(%esp), %eax /* load destination pointer */
43 movl 12(%esp), %esi /* load source pointer */
44 movl 16(%esp), %ecx /* load maximal length */
46 subl %eax, %esi /* magic: reduce number of loop variants
47 to one using addressing mode */
48 jmp L(1) /* jump to loop "head" */
52 /* Four times unfolded loop with two loop counters. We get the
53 the third value (the source address) by using the index+base
55 L(2): movb (%eax,%esi), %dl /* load current char */
56 movb %dl, (%eax) /* and store it */
57 testb %dl, %dl /* was it NUL? */
58 jz L(7) /* yes, then exit */
60 movb 1(%eax,%esi), %dl /* load current char */
61 movb %dl, 1(%eax) /* and store it */
62 testb %dl, %dl /* was it NUL? */
63 jz L(6) /* yes, then exit */
65 movb 2(%eax,%esi), %dl /* load current char */
66 movb %dl, 2(%eax) /* and store it */
67 testb %dl, %dl /* was it NUL? */
68 jz L(5) /* yes, then exit */
70 movb 3(%eax,%esi), %dl /* load current char */
71 movb %dl, 3(%eax) /* and store it */
72 testb %dl, %dl /* was it NUL? */
73 jz L(4) /* yes, then exit */
75 addl $4, %eax /* increment loop counter for full round */
77 L(1): subl $4, %ecx /* still more than 4 bytes allowed? */
78 jae L(2) /* yes, then go to start of loop */
80 /* The maximal remaining 15 bytes are not processed in a loop. */
82 addl $4, %ecx /* correct above subtraction */
83 jz L(9) /* maximal allowed char reached => go to end */
85 movb (%eax,%esi), %dl /* load current char */
86 movb %dl, (%eax) /* and store it */
87 testb %dl, %dl /* was it NUL? */
88 jz L(3) /* yes, then exit */
90 incl %eax /* increment pointer */
91 decl %ecx /* decrement length counter */
92 jz L(9) /* no more allowed => exit */
94 movb (%eax,%esi), %dl /* load current char */
95 movb %dl, (%eax) /* and store it */
96 testb %dl, %dl /* was it NUL? */
97 jz L(3) /* yes, then exit */
99 incl %eax /* increment pointer */
100 decl %ecx /* decrement length counter */
101 jz L(9) /* no more allowed => exit */
103 movb (%eax,%esi), %dl /* load current char */
104 movb %dl, (%eax) /* and store it */
105 testb %dl, %dl /* was it NUL? */
106 jz L(3) /* yes, then exit */
108 incl %eax /* increment pointer */
109 jmp L(9) /* we don't have to test for counter underflow
110 because we know we had a most 3 bytes
113 /* When coming from the main loop we have to adjust the pointer. */
114 L(4): decl %ecx /* decrement counter */
115 incl %eax /* increment pointer */
117 L(5): decl %ecx /* increment pointer */
118 incl %eax /* increment pointer */
120 L(6): decl %ecx /* increment pointer */
121 incl %eax /* increment pointer */
124 addl $3, %ecx /* correct pre-decrementation of counter
125 at the beginning of the loop; but why 3
126 and not 4? Very simple, we have to count
127 the NUL char we already wrote. */
128 jz L(9) /* counter is also 0 => exit */
130 /* We now have to fill the rest of the buffer with NUL. This
131 is done in a tricky way. Please note that the addressing mode
132 used below is not the same we used above. Here we use the
135 movb $0, (%ecx,%eax) /* store NUL char */
136 L(3): decl %ecx /* all bytes written? */
137 jnz L(8) /* no, then again */
139 L(9): popl %esi /* restore saved register content */
144 weak_alias (__stpncpy, stpncpy)