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Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2025 12:48:33 UTC
The branch main has been updated by fuz:
URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=e09c1583eddd345bdb79f3db8a91166f6f139207
commit e09c1583eddd345bdb79f3db8a91166f6f139207
Author: Strahinja Stanišić <strajabot@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2024-05-17 14:23:48 +0000
Commit: Robert Clausecker <fuz@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2025-10-31 12:47:59 +0000
libc: scalar strlen() in RISC-V assembly
Includes a scalar implementation of strlen() for the RISC-V
architecture and changes to the corresponding manpage.
Performance was benchamarked using before and after:
https://github.com/clausecker/strperf
os: FreeBSD
arch: riscv
│ strlen_baseline │ strlen_scalar │
│ sec/op │ sec/op vs base │
Short 541.2µ ± 17% 401.6µ ± 0% -25.78% (p=0.000 n=21+20)
Mid 249.6µ ± 3% 191.9µ ± 0% -23.13% (p=0.000 n=21+20)
Long 124.6µ ± 0% 110.7µ ± 0% -11.13% (p=0.000 n=21+20)
geomean 256.3µ 204.3µ -20.26%
│ strlen_baseline │ strlen_scalar │
│ B/s │ B/s vs base │
Short 220.3Mi ± 14% 296.8Mi ± 0% +34.74% (p=0.000 n=21+20)
Mid 477.6Mi ± 3% 621.3Mi ± 0% +30.09% (p=0.000 n=21+20)
Long 956.9Mi ± 0% 1076.7Mi ± 0% +12.52% (p=0.000 n=21+20)
geomean 465.2Mi 583.4Mi +25.40%
MFC after: 1 month
MFC to: stable/15
Approved by: mhorne, markj (mentor)
Reviewed by: fuz
Sponsored by: Google LLC (GSoC 2024)
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D45693
---
lib/libc/riscv/string/Makefile.inc | 1 +
lib/libc/riscv/string/strlen.S | 77 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 78 insertions(+)
diff --git a/lib/libc/riscv/string/Makefile.inc b/lib/libc/riscv/string/Makefile.inc
index 44aeb65bf1f7..5853ea114277 100644
--- a/lib/libc/riscv/string/Makefile.inc
+++ b/lib/libc/riscv/string/Makefile.inc
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
MDSRCS+= \
memchr.S \
memset.S \
+ strlen.S \
strrchr.S
diff --git a/lib/libc/riscv/string/strlen.S b/lib/libc/riscv/string/strlen.S
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3beb160f2e6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/libc/riscv/string/strlen.S
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+/*-
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2024 Strahinja Stanisic <strajabot@FreeBSD.org>
+ */
+
+#include <machine/asm.h>
+
+/*
+ * https://graphics.stanford.edu/~seander/bithacks.html#ZeroInWord
+ * uses haszero(v) (((v) - 0x01010101UL) & ~(v) & 0x80808080UL)
+ * which evalutates > 0 when there is zero in v
+ *
+ * register a0 - char *s
+ */
+ENTRY(strlen)
+ /*
+ * register a0 - char *str_start
+ * register a1 - char *str_ptr
+ * register a2 - char[8] iter
+ */
+
+ /* load constants for haszero */
+ li t0, 0x0101010101010101
+ slli t1, t0, 7 # 0x8080808080808080, avoid li
+
+ /* check alignment of str_start */
+ andi a1, a0, ~0b111
+ ld a2, (a1)
+ beq a1, a0, .Lhas_zero
+
+ /* fill bytes before str_start with non-zero */
+ slli t2, a0, 3
+ addi t3, t2, -64
+ neg t3, t3
+ srl t3, t0, t3
+ or a2, a2, t3
+
+ /* unrolled iteration of haszero */
+ not t2, a2
+ sub a2, a2, t0
+ and a2, a2, t2
+ and a2, a2, t1
+
+ bnez a2, .Lfind_zero
+
+.Lloop_has_zero:
+ ld a2, 8(a1)
+ addi a1, a1, 8 # move ptr to next 8byte
+.Lhas_zero:
+ not t2, a2
+ sub a2, a2, t0
+ and a2, a2, t2
+ and a2, a2, t1
+
+ beqz a2, .Lloop_has_zero
+
+.Lfind_zero:
+ /* use (iter & -iter) to isolate lowest set bit */
+ sub a3, zero, a2 #a3 = -iter
+ and t1, a2, a3 #t1 = (iter & -iter)
+
+ li t0, 0x0001020304050607
+ srli t1, t1, 7
+ /*
+ * lowest set bit is 2^(8*k)
+ * multiplying by it shifts the idx array in t0 by k bytes to the left
+ */
+ mul t1, t1, t0
+ /* highest byte contains idx of first zero */
+ srli t1, t1, 56
+
+ add a1, a1, t1
+ sub a0, a1, a0
+ ret
+END(strlen)
+