[PATCH] Use REV and REV16 for byte swapping on ARMv6+
Rabin Vincent
rabin at rab.in
Sat Oct 24 04:59:42 EDT 2009
ARMv6 introduced the REV and REV16 instructions that reverse bytes in
words and halfwords. Use them for the arch-specific implementation of
the byte swapping helpers on ARMv6+.
Signed-off-by: Rabin Vincent <rabin at rab.in>
---
arch/arm/include/asm/swab.h | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
1 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/swab.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/swab.h
index ca2bf2f..9997ad2 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/swab.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/swab.h
@@ -22,6 +22,24 @@
# define __SWAB_64_THRU_32__
#endif
+#if defined(__KERNEL__) && __LINUX_ARM_ARCH__ >= 6
+
+static inline __attribute_const__ __u16 __arch_swab16(__u16 x)
+{
+ __asm__ ("rev16 %0, %1" : "=r" (x) : "r" (x));
+ return x;
+}
+#define __arch_swab16 __arch_swab16
+
+static inline __attribute_const__ __u32 __arch_swab32(__u32 x)
+{
+ __asm__ ("rev %0, %1" : "=r" (x) : "r" (x));
+ return x;
+}
+#define __arch_swab32 __arch_swab32
+
+#else
+
static inline __attribute_const__ __u32 __arch_swab32(__u32 x)
{
__u32 t;
@@ -48,3 +66,4 @@ static inline __attribute_const__ __u32 __arch_swab32(__u32 x)
#endif
+#endif
--
1.6.5
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