Subject: [PATCH 2/2] powerpc: Align hot loops of some string functions

From: Anton Blanchard <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 26 May 2016 08:39:55 +1000

Align the hot loops in our assembly implementation of strncpy(),
strncmp() and memchr().

Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard <[email-masked]>
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Index: linux.junk/arch/powerpc/lib/string.S
===================================================================
--- linux.junk.orig/arch/powerpc/lib/string.S
+++ linux.junk/arch/powerpc/lib/string.S
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ _GLOBAL(strncpy)
 	mtctr	r5
 	addi	r6,r3,-1
 	addi	r4,r4,-1
+	.balign 16
 1:	lbzu	r0,1(r4)
 	cmpwi	0,r0,0
 	stbu	r0,1(r6)
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ _GLOBAL(strncmp)
 	mtctr	r5
 	addi	r5,r3,-1
 	addi	r4,r4,-1
+	.balign 16
 1:	lbzu	r3,1(r5)
 	cmpwi	1,r3,0
 	lbzu	r0,1(r4)
@@ -73,6 +75,7 @@ _GLOBAL(memchr)
 	beq-	2f
 	mtctr	r5
 	addi	r3,r3,-1
+	.balign 16
 1:	lbzu	r0,1(r3)
 	cmpw	0,r0,r4
 	bdnzf	2,1b