arch/arm64/lib/strncmp.S
Source file repositories/reference/linux-study-clean/arch/arm64/lib/strncmp.S
File Facts
- System
- Linux kernel
- Corpus path
arch/arm64/lib/strncmp.S- Extension
.S- Size
- 9205 bytes
- Lines
- 311
- 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.
* MTE compatible.
*/
#define L(label) .L ## label
#define REP8_01 0x0101010101010101
#define REP8_7f 0x7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f
/* Parameters and result. */
#define src1 x0
#define src2 x1
#define limit x2
#define result x0
/* Internal variables. */
#define data1 x3
#define data1w w3
#define data2 x4
#define data2w w4
#define has_nul x5
#define diff x6
#define syndrome x7
#define tmp1 x8
#define tmp2 x9
#define tmp3 x10
#define zeroones x11
#define pos x12
#define mask x13
#define endloop x14
#define count mask
#define offset pos
#define neg_offset x15
/* Define endian dependent shift operations.
On big-endian early bytes are at MSB and on little-endian LSB.
LS_FW means shifting towards early bytes.
LS_BK means shifting towards later bytes.
*/
#ifdef __AARCH64EB__
#define LS_FW lsl
#define LS_BK lsr
#else
#define LS_FW lsr
#define LS_BK lsl
#endif
SYM_FUNC_START(__pi_strncmp)
cbz limit, L(ret0)
eor tmp1, src1, src2
mov zeroones, #REP8_01
tst tmp1, #7
and count, src1, #7
b.ne L(misaligned8)
cbnz count, L(mutual_align)
/* NUL detection works on the principle that (X - 1) & (~X) & 0x80
(=> (X - 1) & ~(X | 0x7f)) is non-zero iff a byte is zero, and
can be done in parallel across the entire word. */
.p2align 4
L(loop_aligned):
ldr data1, [src1], #8
ldr data2, [src2], #8
L(start_realigned):
subs limit, limit, #8
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.