linux_dsm_epyc7002/arch/mips/include/asm/string.h
Paul Burton 3c0be58492
MIPS: Drop 32-bit asm string functions
We have assembly implementations of strcpy(), strncpy(), strcmp() &
strncmp() which:

 - Are simple byte-at-a-time loops with no particular optimizations. As
   a comment in the code describes, they're "rather naive".

 - Offer no clear performance advantage over the generic C
   implementations - in microbenchmarks performed by Alexander Lobakin
   the asm functions sometimes win & sometimes lose, but generally not
   by large margins in either direction.

 - Don't support 64-bit kernels, where we already make use of the
   generic C implementations.

 - Tend to bloat kernel code size due to inlining.

 - Don't support CONFIG_FORTIFY_SOURCE.

 - Won't support nanoMIPS without rework.

For all of these reasons, delete the asm implementations & make use of
the generic C implementations for 32-bit kernels just like we already do
for 64-bit kernels.

Signed-off-by: Paul Burton <paul.burton@mips.com>
URL: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mips/a2a35f1cf58d6db19eb4af9b4ae21e35@dlink.ru/
Cc: Alexander Lobakin <alobakin@dlink.ru>
Reviewed-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <f4bug@amsat.org>
Cc: linux-mips@vger.kernel.org
2019-10-09 12:48:05 -07:00

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/*
* This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public
* License. See the file "COPYING" in the main directory of this archive
* for more details.
*
* Copyright (c) 1994, 95, 96, 97, 98, 2000, 01 Ralf Baechle
* Copyright (c) 2000 by Silicon Graphics, Inc.
* Copyright (c) 2001 MIPS Technologies, Inc.
*/
#ifndef _ASM_STRING_H
#define _ASM_STRING_H
#define __HAVE_ARCH_MEMSET
extern void *memset(void *__s, int __c, size_t __count);
#define __HAVE_ARCH_MEMCPY
extern void *memcpy(void *__to, __const__ void *__from, size_t __n);
#define __HAVE_ARCH_MEMMOVE
extern void *memmove(void *__dest, __const__ void *__src, size_t __n);
#endif /* _ASM_STRING_H */