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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2008 Travis Geiselbrecht
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
+ * a copy of this software and associated documentation files
+ * (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction,
+ * including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge,
+ * publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software,
+ * and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so,
+ * subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
+ * included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+ * EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+ * MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
+ * IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
+ * CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
+ * TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
+ * SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+#include <asm.h>
+#include <arch/arm/cores.h>
+
+.text
+.align 2
+
+/* void bzero(void *s, size_t n); */
+FUNCTION(bzero)
+	mov		r2, r1
+	mov		r1, #0
+
+/* void *memset(void *s, int c, size_t n); */
+FUNCTION(memset)
+	// check for zero length
+	cmp		r2, #0
+	bxeq	lr
+
+	// save the original pointer
+	mov		r12, r0
+
+	// short memsets aren't worth optimizing
+	cmp		r2, #(32 + 16)
+	blt		.L_bytewise
+
+	// fill a 32 bit register with the 8 bit value
+	and		r1, r1, #0xff
+	orr		r1, r1, r1, lsl #8
+	orr		r1, r1, r1, lsl #16
+
+	// check for 16 byte alignment
+	tst		r0, #15
+	bne		.L_not16bytealigned
+
+.L_bigset:
+	// dump some registers to make space for our values
+	stmfd	sp!, { r4-r5 }
+	
+	// fill a bunch of registers with the set value
+	mov		r3, r1
+	mov		r4, r1
+	mov		r5, r1
+
+	// prepare the count register so we can avoid an extra compare
+	sub 	r2, r2, #32
+
+	// 32 bytes at a time
+.L_bigset_loop:
+	stmia	r0!, { r1, r3, r4, r5 }
+	subs	r2, r2, #32
+	stmia	r0!, { r1, r3, r4, r5 }
+	bge		.L_bigset_loop
+
+	// restore our dumped registers
+	ldmfd	sp!, { r4-r5 }
+
+	// see if we're done
+	adds	r2, r2, #32
+	beq		.L_done
+
+.L_bytewise:
+	// bytewise memset
+	subs	r2, r2, #1
+	strb	r1, [r0], #1
+	bgt		.L_bytewise
+
+.L_done:
+	// restore the base pointer as return value
+	mov		r0, r12
+	bx		lr
+
+.L_not16bytealigned:
+	// dst is not 16 byte aligned, so we will set up to 15 bytes to get it aligned.
+
+	// set the condition flags based on the alignment.
+	lsl     r3, r0, #28
+	rsb     r3, r3, #0
+	msr     CPSR_f, r3             // move into NZCV fields in CPSR
+
+	// move as many bytes as necessary to get the dst aligned
+	strvsb  r1, [r0], #1			// V set
+	strcsh  r1, [r0], #2			// C set
+	streq   r1, [r0], #4			// Z set
+	strmi   r1, [r0], #4			// N set
+	strmi   r1, [r0], #4			// N set
+
+	// fix the remaining len
+	sub     r2, r2, r3, lsr #28
+
+	// do the large memset
+	b       .L_bigset
+