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From: "George Spelvin" <linux@horizon.com>
To: joakim.tjernlund@transmode.se, linux@horizon.com
Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org, fzago@systemfabricworks.com,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, rpearson@systemfabricworks.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] add slice by 8 algorithm to crc32.c
Date: 8 Aug 2011 06:52:01 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110808105201.25396.qmail@science.horizon.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <OF53580ACE.F420CB68-ONC12578E6.0039189A-C12578E6.0039CD0F@transmode.se>

> I prefer to keep the current code which (at the time) generated good code
> for at least ppc:
> 	/* Align it */
> 	if (unlikely((long)buf & 3 && len)) {
> 		do {
> 			DO_CRC(*buf++);
> 		} while ((--len) && ((long)buf)&3);
> 	}

Ah, I was looking at fzago's initial patch; I hadn't realized you'd
tweaked it.  That's pretty much what I was talking about.

Would
 	if (unlikely((long)buf & 3) && len) {

give the compiler better hints?  len != 0 is awfully
likely, actually.

  reply	other threads:[~2011-08-08 10:52 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-08-08  9:28 [PATCH] add slice by 8 algorithm to crc32.c George Spelvin
2011-08-08 10:31 ` Joakim Tjernlund
2011-08-08 10:52   ` George Spelvin [this message]
2011-08-08 11:11     ` Joakim Tjernlund
2011-08-08 17:04       ` Bob Pearson
     [not found]     ` <OFEA1BD2B2.B2A7F07F-ONC12578E6.003D368C-C12578E6.003D7468@LocalDomain>
2011-08-08 11:24       ` Joakim Tjernlund
2011-08-08 11:42     ` Joakim Tjernlund
2011-08-08 12:54       ` George Spelvin
2011-08-08 17:01         ` Bob Pearson
2011-08-08 20:45           ` George Spelvin
2011-08-08 22:21             ` Bob Pearson
2011-08-08 16:54     ` Bob Pearson
2011-08-08 16:50 ` Bob Pearson
     [not found] <OF4AE0115F.3AA5397E-ONC12578DF.002EC6DF-C12578DF.003348E5@transmode.se>
2011-08-02 21:14 ` Bob Pearson
2011-08-02 21:19   ` Bob Pearson
2011-08-04 11:54   ` Joakim Tjernlund
2011-08-04 18:53     ` Bob Pearson
2011-08-05  9:22       ` Joakim Tjernlund
2011-08-05 15:51         ` Bob Pearson
2011-08-08  7:11           ` Joakim Tjernlund
2011-08-05 17:27         ` Bob Pearson
2011-08-08  7:15           ` Joakim Tjernlund
     [not found]       ` <OF14136E0E.3F2388EF-ONC12578E3.00301969-C12578E3.00338524@LocalDomain>
2011-08-05 13:34         ` Joakim Tjernlund
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2011-07-20 22:19 frank zago
2011-07-28 22:16 ` Andrew Morton
2011-07-29  1:47   ` Bob Pearson
2011-08-01 19:39     ` Andrew Morton

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