Re: [PATCH] optimised memmove() for alpha

Martin Lucina (mato@kotelna.sk)
Sun, 23 May 1999 20:37:03 +1200


On Sat, May 22, 1999 at 06:49:15PM +0100, Tim Waugh wrote:

> You need to add a #define __HAVE_ARCH_MEMMOVE to
> include/asm-alpha/string.h.

Yes, I've got that, I just forgot to diff that directory.

> Also, your patch seems to be broken. Sometimes it doesn't copy enough.

[...]

> I can't see any of that in that patch, but scrolling around with emacs,
> sometimes an 'if' turns into a 'ff'. Linus, I've left you on the cc list

I haven't had any problems with it. I'm not sure I understand what you mean by
the above code. I'll write some tests and see how it stands up.

I sent it to Linus not so much to get him to apply it but in the hope he'd
look at it, since he wrote the original memcpy().

mato

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