1/* Compare two memory blocks for differences in the first COUNT bytes.
2 Copyright (C) 1995-2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3 This file is part of the GNU C Library.
4
5 The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
6 modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
7 License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
8 version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
9
10 The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
11 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
12 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
13 Lesser General Public License for more details.
14
15 You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
16 License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
17 <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
18
19#include <sysdep.h>
20#include "asm-syntax.h"
21
22#define PARMS 4+4 /* space for 1 saved reg */
23#define BLK1 PARMS
24#define BLK2 BLK1+4
25#define LEN BLK2+4
26
27 .text
28ENTRY (memcmp)
29
30 pushl %esi /* Save callee-safe registers. */
31 cfi_adjust_cfa_offset (4)
32 movl %edi, %edx /* Note that %edx is not used and can
33 so be used to save %edi. It's faster. */
34 cfi_register (edi, edx)
35
36 movl BLK1(%esp), %esi
37 cfi_rel_offset (esi, 0)
38 movl BLK2(%esp), %edi
39 movl LEN(%esp), %ecx
40
41 cld /* Set direction of comparison. */
42
43 xorl %eax, %eax /* Default result. */
44
45 repe /* Compare at most %ecx bytes. */
46 cmpsb
47 jz L(1) /* If even last byte was equal we return 0. */
48
49 /* The memory blocks are not equal. So result of the last
50 subtraction is present in the carry flag. It is set when
51 the byte in block #2 is bigger. In this case we have to
52 return -1 (=0xffffffff), else 1. */
53 sbbl %eax, %eax /* This is tricky. %eax == 0 and carry is set
54 or not depending on last subtraction. */
55
56 /* At this point %eax == 0, if the byte of block #1 was bigger, and
57 0xffffffff if the last byte of block #2 was bigger. The latter
58 case is already correct but the former needs a little adjustment.
59 Note that the following operation does not change 0xffffffff. */
60 orb $1, %al /* Change 0 to 1. */
61
62L(1): popl %esi /* Restore registers. */
63 cfi_adjust_cfa_offset (-4)
64 cfi_restore (esi)
65 movl %edx, %edi
66 cfi_restore (edi)
67
68 ret
69END (memcmp)
70
71#undef bcmp
72weak_alias (memcmp, bcmp)
73#undef __memcmpeq
74strong_alias (memcmp, __memcmpeq)
75libc_hidden_builtin_def (memcmp)
76libc_hidden_def (__memcmpeq)
77

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