[PATCH] mtd/nand: use string library

Brian Norris computersforpeace at gmail.com
Fri Jan 27 13:52:49 EST 2012


On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 9:16 AM, Joe Perches <joe at perches.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 2012-01-27 at 23:24 +0900, Akinobu Mita wrote:
>> - Use memchr_inv to check if the data contains all 0xFF bytes.
>>   It is faster than looping for each byte.
>
> Stupid question:
>
> Are there any mtd devices modified that are slower
> at 64 bit accesses than repeated 8 bit accesses?

I believe this patch deals with kernel buffers, not any kind of direct
access to the MTD, so the question (which is not stupid IMO) should be
regarding CPU architectures. And my educated guess is that 64-bit
access should not be any slower. I do know that 8-bit access *is*
slower for some relevant architectures.

Brian



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