Unaligned memcpy()

Registered by Michael Hope

Improve the GCC built-in memcpy() for small, unaligned copies.

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Status:
Complete
Approver:
Michael Hope
Priority:
Low
Drafter:
Michael Hope
Direction:
Approved
Assignee:
Michael Hope
Definition:
Approved
Series goal:
Accepted for 4.6
Implementation:
Implemented
Milestone target:
milestone icon 4.6-2011.12
Started by
Michael Hope
Completed by
Michael Hope

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Headline: Improve the GCC built-in memcpy() for small, unaligned copies.
Acceptance: https://wiki.linaro.org/WorkingGroups/ToolChain/std-performance-acceptance

Note that some of these work items are conjecture.

Effort: 1M

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Work Items

Work items:
Instrument compiler to see how many are unaligned and the sizes of: TODO
Investigate the current unaligned copier: TODO
Investigate costs of unaligned accesses for the A8 and A9 : TODO
Change to word-by-word instead of byte-by-byte for unaligned copies: TODO
Tune other areas: TODO

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