linux-stable/include
Trent Piepho 8e2c20023f Fix constant folding and poor optimization in byte swapping code
Constant folding does not work for the swabXX() byte swapping functions,
and the C versions optimize poorly.

Attempting to initialize a global variable to swab16(0x1234) or put
something like "case swab32(42):" in a switch statement will not compile.
It can work, swab.h just isn't doing it correctly.  This patch fixes that.

Contrary to the comment in asm-i386/byteorder.h, gcc does not recognize the
"C" version of swab16 and turn it into efficient code.  gcc can do this,
just not with the current code.  The simple function:

u16 foo(u16 x) { return swab16(x); }

Would compile to:
        movzwl  %ax, %eax
        movl    %eax, %edx
        shrl    $8, %eax
        sall    $8, %edx
        orl     %eax, %edx

With this patch, it will compile to:
        rolw    $8, %ax

I also attempted to document the maze different macros/inline functions
that are used to create the final product.

Signed-off-by: Trent Piepho <xyzzy@speakeasy.org>
Cc: Francois-Rene Rideau <fare@tunes.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-08 11:14:59 -07:00
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acpi
asm-alpha ALPHA: "prctl" macros 2007-05-07 12:12:58 -07:00
asm-arm Merge branch 'for-linus' of master.kernel.org:/home/rmk/linux-2.6-arm 2007-05-06 13:20:10 -07:00
asm-arm26
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asm-blackfin blackfin architecture 2007-05-07 12:12:58 -07:00
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asm-generic
asm-h8300 h8300 generic irq 2007-05-07 12:12:58 -07:00
asm-i386 ipmi: add new IPMI nmi watchdog handling 2007-05-08 11:14:58 -07:00
asm-ia64 Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/aegl/linux-2.6 2007-05-07 12:34:57 -07:00
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asm-ppc
asm-s390 Introduce CONFIG_HAS_DMA 2007-05-07 12:12:51 -07:00
asm-sh sh: R7785RP board updates. 2007-05-07 02:11:57 +00:00
asm-sh64 Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://one.firstfloor.org/home/andi/git/linux-2.6 2007-05-05 14:55:20 -07:00
asm-sparc
asm-sparc64 Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/sparc-2.6 2007-05-07 12:22:48 -07:00
asm-um uml: more page fault path trimming 2007-05-07 12:13:04 -07:00
asm-v850 Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://one.firstfloor.org/home/andi/git/linux-2.6 2007-05-05 14:55:20 -07:00
asm-x86_64 ipmi: add new IPMI nmi watchdog handling 2007-05-08 11:14:58 -07:00
asm-xtensa Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://one.firstfloor.org/home/andi/git/linux-2.6 2007-05-05 14:55:20 -07:00
crypto
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linux Fix constant folding and poor optimization in byte swapping code 2007-05-08 11:14:59 -07:00
math-emu
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net [MAC80211]: Add mac80211 wireless stack. 2007-05-05 11:45:53 -07:00
pcmcia add new_id to PCMCIA drivers 2007-05-07 12:12:50 -07:00
rdma Merge branch 'for-linus' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/roland/infiniband 2007-05-07 12:18:21 -07:00
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