arch/arm64/lib/memcmp.S
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File Facts
- System
- Linux kernel
- Corpus path
arch/arm64/lib/memcmp.S- Extension
.S- Size
- 2951 bytes
- Lines
- 140
- Domain
- Architecture Layer
- Bucket
- arch/arm64
- Inferred role
- Architecture Layer: exported/initcall integration point
- Status
- integration implementation candidate
Why This File Exists
CPU and platform-specific kernel glue: boot entry, traps, syscall entry, interrupts, page tables, context switch, and low-level barriers.
- CPU and platform-specific kernel glue: boot entry, traps, syscall entry, interrupts, page tables, context switch, and low-level barriers.
- Exports symbols or registers init work; inspect boot/module ordering and who consumes the exported contract.
Dependency Surface
linux/linkage.hasm/assembler.h
Detected Declarations
- No top-level syscall, struct, function, initcall, or export declaration detected by the generator.
Annotated Snippet
#include <linux/linkage.h>
#include <asm/assembler.h>
/* Assumptions:
*
* ARMv8-a, AArch64, unaligned accesses.
*/
#define L(label) .L ## label
/* Parameters and result. */
#define src1 x0
#define src2 x1
#define limit x2
#define result w0
/* Internal variables. */
#define data1 x3
#define data1w w3
#define data1h x4
#define data2 x5
#define data2w w5
#define data2h x6
#define tmp1 x7
#define tmp2 x8
SYM_FUNC_START(__pi_memcmp)
subs limit, limit, 8
b.lo L(less8)
ldr data1, [src1], 8
ldr data2, [src2], 8
cmp data1, data2
b.ne L(return)
subs limit, limit, 8
b.gt L(more16)
ldr data1, [src1, limit]
ldr data2, [src2, limit]
b L(return)
L(more16):
ldr data1, [src1], 8
ldr data2, [src2], 8
cmp data1, data2
bne L(return)
/* Jump directly to comparing the last 16 bytes for 32 byte (or less)
strings. */
subs limit, limit, 16
b.ls L(last_bytes)
/* We overlap loads between 0-32 bytes at either side of SRC1 when we
try to align, so limit it only to strings larger than 128 bytes. */
cmp limit, 96
b.ls L(loop16)
/* Align src1 and adjust src2 with bytes not yet done. */
and tmp1, src1, 15
add limit, limit, tmp1
sub src1, src1, tmp1
sub src2, src2, tmp1
/* Loop performing 16 bytes per iteration using aligned src1.
Limit is pre-decremented by 16 and must be larger than zero.
Exit if <= 16 bytes left to do or if the data is not equal. */
.p2align 4
L(loop16):
ldp data1, data1h, [src1], 16
Annotation
- Immediate include surface: `linux/linkage.h`, `asm/assembler.h`.
- Atlas domain: Architecture Layer / arch/arm64.
- Implementation status: integration implementation candidate.
Implementation Notes
- This generated page is the file-by-file coverage layer; curated subsystem chapters should link here when they synthesize a multi-file control flow.
- Core OS pages should be promoted from atlas-only to deep-reviewed when they explain data structures, invariants, locking, lifecycle, and C implementation snippets.
- Driver-family pages are intentionally pattern-oriented unless they are part of the selected PCIe/NVMe representative device path.