/* * arch/alpha/lib/ev67-strcat.S * 21264 version contributed by Rick Gorton <rick.gorton@alpha-processor.com> * * Append a null-terminated string from SRC to DST. * * Much of the information about 21264 scheduling/coding comes from: * Compiler Writer's Guide for the Alpha 21264 * abbreviated as 'CWG' in other comments here * ftp.digital.com/pub/Digital/info/semiconductor/literature/dsc-library.html * Scheduling notation: * E - either cluster * U - upper subcluster; U0 - subcluster U0; U1 - subcluster U1 * L - lower subcluster; L0 - subcluster L0; L1 - subcluster L1 * Try not to change the actual algorithm if possible for consistency. * Commentary: It seems bogus to walk the input string twice - once * to determine the length, and then again while doing the copy. * A significant (future) enhancement would be to only read the input * string once. */ .text .align 4 .globl strcat .ent strcat strcat: .frame $30, 0, $26 .prologue 0 mov $16, $0 # E : set up return value /* Find the end of the string. */ ldq_u $1, 0($16) # L : load first quadword (a0 may be misaligned) lda $2, -1 # E : insqh $2, $16, $2 # U : andnot $16, 7, $16 # E : or $2, $1, $1 # E : cmpbge $31, $1, $2 # E : bits set iff byte == 0 bne $2, $found # U : $loop: ldq $1, 8($16) # L : addq $16, 8, $16 # E : cmpbge $31, $1, $2 # E : beq $2, $loop # U : $found: cttz $2, $3 # U0 : addq $16, $3, $16 # E : /* Now do the append. */ mov $26, $23 # E : br __stxcpy # L0 : .end strcat