powerpc64: strrchr optimization for power8
commit6c6ab1fc49d524ab1892cb20ee74352ace0b8034
authorRajalakshmi Srinivasaraghavan <raji@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Tue, 18 Apr 2017 05:58:56 +0000 (18 11:28 +0530)
committerRajalakshmi Srinivasaraghavan <raji@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Tue, 18 Apr 2017 05:58:56 +0000 (18 11:28 +0530)
tree716e71e31d63e0b534e2ff47fe6bb8f192f81d76
parent2604882cefd3281679b8177245fdebc7061b8695
powerpc64: strrchr optimization for power8

P7 code is used for <=32B strings and for > 32B vectorized loops are used.
This shows as an average 25% improvement depending on the position of search
character.  The performance is same for shorter strings.
Tested on ppc64 and ppc64le.
ChangeLog
sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/Makefile
sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/ifunc-impl-list.c
sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/strrchr-power8.S [copied from sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/strrchr.c with 50% similarity]
sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/strrchr.c
sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/power8/strrchr.S [new file with mode: 0644]