On 03/12/2013 09:48 AM, Peter Lieven wrote: > Signed-off-by: Peter Lieven > --- > include/qemu-common.h | 1 + > util/cutils.c | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > 2 files changed, 31 insertions(+) > > > /* > + * Searches for an area with non-zero content in a buffer > + * > + * Attention! The len must be a multiple of 8 * sizeof(VECTYPE) > + * and addr must bedue to restriction of optimizations in this function. s/bedue/be XXX due/ don't know what XXX is supposed to be. Instead of stating this in a comment... > + * > + * The return value is the offset of the non-zero area rounded > + * down to 8 * sizeof(VECTYPE). If the buffer is all zero > + * the return value is equal to len. > + */ > + > +size_t buffer_find_nonzero_offset(const void *buf, size_t len) > +{ ...why not instead assert() it as part of the contract? > + VECTYPE *p = (VECTYPE *)buf; > + VECTYPE zero = ZERO_SPLAT; > + size_t i; > + for (i = 0; i < len / sizeof(VECTYPE); i += 8) { > + VECTYPE tmp0 = p[i+0] | p[i+1]; > + VECTYPE tmp1 = p[i+2] | p[i+3]; > + VECTYPE tmp2 = p[i+4] | p[i+5]; > + VECTYPE tmp3 = p[i+6] | p[i+7]; > + VECTYPE tmp01 = tmp0 | tmp1; > + VECTYPE tmp23 = tmp2 | tmp3; > + if (!ALL_EQ(tmp01 | tmp23, zero)) { > + break; > + } > + } > + return i * sizeof(VECTYPE); > +} > + > +/* > * Checks if a buffer is all zeroes > * > * Attention! The len must be a multiple of 4 * sizeof(long) due to oh, probably because of copy and paste. -- Eric Blake eblake redhat com +1-919-301-3266 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org