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// Fast memory copying and comparison routines.
//   strings::fastmemcmp_inlined() replaces memcmp()
//   strings::memcpy_inlined() replaces memcpy()
//   strings::memeq(a, b, n) replaces memcmp(a, b, n) == 0
//
// strings::*_inlined() routines are inline versions of the
// routines exported by this module.  Sometimes using the inlined
// versions is faster.  Measure before using the inlined versions.
//
// Performance measurement:
//   strings::fastmemcmp_inlined
//     Analysis: memcmp, fastmemcmp_inlined, fastmemcmp
//     2012-01-30
 
#ifndef GOOGLE_PROTOBUF_STUBS_FASTMEM_H_
#define GOOGLE_PROTOBUF_STUBS_FASTMEM_H_
 
#include <stddef.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
 
#include <google/protobuf/stubs/common.h>
 
#include <google/protobuf/port_def.inc>
 
namespace google {
namespace protobuf {
namespace internal {
 
// Return true if the n bytes at a equal the n bytes at b.
// The regions are allowed to overlap.
//
// The performance is similar to the performance memcmp(), but faster for
// moderately-sized inputs, or inputs that share a common prefix and differ
// somewhere in their last 8 bytes. Further optimizations can be added later
// if it makes sense to do so.:w
inline bool memeq(const char* a, const char* b, size_t n) {
  size_t n_rounded_down = n & ~static_cast<size_t>(7);
  if (PROTOBUF_PREDICT_FALSE(n_rounded_down == 0)) {  // n <= 7
    return memcmp(a, b, n) == 0;
  }
  // n >= 8
  uint64 u = GOOGLE_UNALIGNED_LOAD64(a) ^ GOOGLE_UNALIGNED_LOAD64(b);
  uint64 v = GOOGLE_UNALIGNED_LOAD64(a + n - 8) ^ GOOGLE_UNALIGNED_LOAD64(b + n - 8);
  if ((u | v) != 0) {  // The first or last 8 bytes differ.
    return false;
  }
  a += 8;
  b += 8;
  n = n_rounded_down - 8;
  if (n > 128) {
    // As of 2012, memcmp on x86-64 uses a big unrolled loop with SSE2
    // instructions, and while we could try to do something faster, it
    // doesn't seem worth pursuing.
    return memcmp(a, b, n) == 0;
  }
  for (; n >= 16; n -= 16) {
    uint64 x = GOOGLE_UNALIGNED_LOAD64(a) ^ GOOGLE_UNALIGNED_LOAD64(b);
    uint64 y = GOOGLE_UNALIGNED_LOAD64(a + 8) ^ GOOGLE_UNALIGNED_LOAD64(b + 8);
    if ((x | y) != 0) {
      return false;
    }
    a += 16;
    b += 16;
  }
  // n must be 0 or 8 now because it was a multiple of 8 at the top of the loop.
  return n == 0 || GOOGLE_UNALIGNED_LOAD64(a) == GOOGLE_UNALIGNED_LOAD64(b);
}
 
inline int fastmemcmp_inlined(const char *a, const char *b, size_t n) {
  if (n >= 64) {
    return memcmp(a, b, n);
  }
  const char* a_limit = a + n;
  while (a + sizeof(uint64) <= a_limit &&
         GOOGLE_UNALIGNED_LOAD64(a) == GOOGLE_UNALIGNED_LOAD64(b)) {
    a += sizeof(uint64);
    b += sizeof(uint64);
  }
  if (a + sizeof(uint32) <= a_limit &&
      GOOGLE_UNALIGNED_LOAD32(a) == GOOGLE_UNALIGNED_LOAD32(b)) {
    a += sizeof(uint32);
    b += sizeof(uint32);
  }
  while (a < a_limit) {
    int d =
        static_cast<int>(static_cast<uint32>(*a++) - static_cast<uint32>(*b++));
    if (d) return d;
  }
  return 0;
}
 
// The standard memcpy operation is slow for variable small sizes.
// This implementation inlines the optimal realization for sizes 1 to 16.
// To avoid code bloat don't use it in case of not performance-critical spots,
// nor when you don't expect very frequent values of size <= 16.
inline void memcpy_inlined(char *dst, const char *src, size_t size) {
  // Compiler inlines code with minimal amount of data movement when third
  // parameter of memcpy is a constant.
  switch (size) {
    case  1: memcpy(dst, src, 1); break;
    case  2: memcpy(dst, src, 2); break;
    case  3: memcpy(dst, src, 3); break;
    case  4: memcpy(dst, src, 4); break;
    case  5: memcpy(dst, src, 5); break;
    case  6: memcpy(dst, src, 6); break;
    case  7: memcpy(dst, src, 7); break;
    case  8: memcpy(dst, src, 8); break;
    case  9: memcpy(dst, src, 9); break;
    case 10: memcpy(dst, src, 10); break;
    case 11: memcpy(dst, src, 11); break;
    case 12: memcpy(dst, src, 12); break;
    case 13: memcpy(dst, src, 13); break;
    case 14: memcpy(dst, src, 14); break;
    case 15: memcpy(dst, src, 15); break;
    case 16: memcpy(dst, src, 16); break;
    default: memcpy(dst, src, size); break;
  }
}
 
}  // namespace internal
}  // namespace protobuf
}  // namespace google
 
#include <google/protobuf/port_undef.inc>
 
#endif  // GOOGLE_PROTOBUF_STUBS_FASTMEM_H_