tools/arch/x86/lib/memcpy_64.S
Source file repositories/reference/linux-study-clean/tools/arch/x86/lib/memcpy_64.S
File Facts
- System
- Linux kernel
- Corpus path
tools/arch/x86/lib/memcpy_64.S- Extension
.S- Size
- 3390 bytes
- Lines
- 173
- Domain
- Support Tooling And Documentation
- Bucket
- tools
- Inferred role
- Support Tooling And Documentation: exported/initcall integration point
- Status
- integration implementation candidate
Why This File Exists
Repository support layer: documentation, build tooling, samples, user-space helper tools, generated initramfs support, licenses, and validation utilities.
- Repository support layer: documentation, build tooling, samples, user-space helper tools, generated initramfs support, licenses, and validation utilities.
- Exports symbols or registers init work; inspect boot/module ordering and who consumes the exported contract.
Dependency Surface
linux/export.hlinux/linkage.hasm/errno.hasm/cpufeatures.hasm/alternative.h
Detected Declarations
export __memcpyexport memcpy
Annotated Snippet
#include <linux/export.h>
#include <linux/linkage.h>
#include <asm/errno.h>
#include <asm/cpufeatures.h>
#include <asm/alternative.h>
.section .noinstr.text, "ax"
/*
* memcpy - Copy a memory block.
*
* Input:
* rdi destination
* rsi source
* rdx count
*
* Output:
* rax original destination
*
* The FSRM alternative should be done inline (avoiding the call and
* the disgusting return handling), but that would require some help
* from the compiler for better calling conventions.
*
* The 'rep movsb' itself is small enough to replace the call, but the
* two register moves blow up the code. And one of them is "needed"
* only for the return value that is the same as the source input,
* which the compiler could/should do much better anyway.
*/
SYM_TYPED_FUNC_START(__memcpy)
ALTERNATIVE "jmp memcpy_orig", "", X86_FEATURE_FSRM
movq %rdi, %rax
movq %rdx, %rcx
rep movsb
RET
SYM_FUNC_END(__memcpy)
EXPORT_SYMBOL(__memcpy)
SYM_FUNC_ALIAS_MEMFUNC(memcpy, __memcpy)
SYM_PIC_ALIAS(memcpy)
EXPORT_SYMBOL(memcpy)
SYM_FUNC_START_LOCAL(memcpy_orig)
movq %rdi, %rax
cmpq $0x20, %rdx
jb .Lhandle_tail
/*
* We check whether memory false dependence could occur,
* then jump to corresponding copy mode.
*/
cmp %dil, %sil
jl .Lcopy_backward
subq $0x20, %rdx
.Lcopy_forward_loop:
subq $0x20, %rdx
/*
* Move in blocks of 4x8 bytes:
*/
movq 0*8(%rsi), %r8
movq 1*8(%rsi), %r9
movq 2*8(%rsi), %r10
movq 3*8(%rsi), %r11
leaq 4*8(%rsi), %rsi
movq %r8, 0*8(%rdi)
movq %r9, 1*8(%rdi)
movq %r10, 2*8(%rdi)
Annotation
- Immediate include surface: `linux/export.h`, `linux/linkage.h`, `asm/errno.h`, `asm/cpufeatures.h`, `asm/alternative.h`.
- Detected declarations: `export __memcpy`, `export memcpy`.
- Atlas domain: Support Tooling And Documentation / tools.
- 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.