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Subject[PATCH 2 of 2] Add faster __iowrite32_copy routine for x86_64
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This assembly version is measurably faster than the generic version
in lib/iomap_copy.c.

Signed-off-by: Bryan O'Sullivan <bos@pathscale.com>

diff -r ec2b3675168a -r 30c7112c6e81 arch/x86_64/lib/Makefile
--- a/arch/x86_64/lib/Makefile Thu Jan 12 09:03:37 2006 -0800
+++ b/arch/x86_64/lib/Makefile Thu Jan 12 09:03:37 2006 -0800
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@

CFLAGS_csum-partial.o := -funroll-loops

-obj-y := io.o
+obj-y := io.o iomap_copy.o

lib-y := csum-partial.o csum-copy.o csum-wrappers.o delay.o \
usercopy.o getuser.o putuser.o \
diff -r ec2b3675168a -r 30c7112c6e81 arch/x86_64/lib/iomap_copy.S
--- /dev/null Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/arch/x86_64/lib/iomap_copy.S Thu Jan 12 09:03:37 2006 -0800
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2006 PathScale, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * This file is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program 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 General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * override generic version in lib/iomap_copy.c
+ */
+ .globl __iowrite32_copy
+ .p2align 4
+__iowrite32_copy:
+ movl %edx,%ecx
+ rep movsd
+ ret
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