diff src/cpu/x86/vm/macroAssembler_x86.cpp @ 7474:00af3a3a8df4

8005522: use fast-string instructions on x86 for zeroing Summary: use 'rep stosb' instead of 'rep stosq' when fast-string operations are available. Reviewed-by: twisti, roland
author kvn
date Thu, 03 Jan 2013 15:09:55 -0800
parents d02120b7a34f
children e2e6bf86682c
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--- a/src/cpu/x86/vm/macroAssembler_x86.cpp	Sun Dec 23 17:08:22 2012 +0100
+++ b/src/cpu/x86/vm/macroAssembler_x86.cpp	Thu Jan 03 15:09:55 2013 -0800
@@ -5224,6 +5224,22 @@
 
 }
 
+void MacroAssembler::clear_mem(Register base, Register cnt, Register tmp) {
+  // cnt - number of qwords (8-byte words).
+  // base - start address, qword aligned.
+  assert(base==rdi, "base register must be edi for rep stos");
+  assert(tmp==rax,   "tmp register must be eax for rep stos");
+  assert(cnt==rcx,   "cnt register must be ecx for rep stos");
+
+  xorptr(tmp, tmp);
+  if (UseFastStosb) {
+    shlptr(cnt,3); // convert to number of bytes
+    rep_stosb();
+  } else {
+    NOT_LP64(shlptr(cnt,1);) // convert to number of dwords for 32-bit VM
+    rep_stos();
+  }
+}
 
 // IndexOf for constant substrings with size >= 8 chars
 // which don't need to be loaded through stack.