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Subject: Re: [PATCH] memcmp.3: note about optimization to bcmp in LLVM 9
From: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages () gmail ! com>
Date: 2020-01-21 19:53:09
Message-ID: 59bec979-87f1-2184-2b48-42c2a5046e87 () gmail ! com
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On 1/11/20 4:02 PM, Shawn Landden wrote:
> ---
> man3/memcmp.3 | 7 +++++++
> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/man3/memcmp.3 b/man3/memcmp.3
> index 247eed223..6afca5ea4 100644
> --- a/man3/memcmp.3
> +++ b/man3/memcmp.3
> @@ -84,10 +84,17 @@ because the required CPU time depends on the number of equal bytes.
> Instead, a function that performs comparisons in constant time is required.
> Some operating systems provide such a function (e.g., NetBSD's
> .BR consttime_memequal ()),
> but no such function is specified in POSIX.
> On Linux, it may be necessary to implement such a function oneself.
> +.PP
> +LLVM 9, released in 2019, and later will optimize a call
> +.BR memcmp ()
> +to a call to
> +.BR bcmp (3)
> +if the return value is only checked for equilivence to zero.
> +.\" http://releases.llvm.org/9.0.0/docs/ReleaseNotes.html#noteworthy-optimizations
See my othermail. Wht is it relevant to document this
compiler-specific detail?
Thanks,
Michael
> .SH SEE ALSO
> .BR bcmp (3),
> .BR bstring (3),
> .BR strcasecmp (3),
> .BR strcmp (3),
>
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Michael Kerrisk
Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/
Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/
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