lib/vsprintf.c: eliminate some branches
Since FORMAT_TYPE_INT is simply 1 more than FORMAT_TYPE_UINT, and
similarly for BYTE/UBYTE, SHORT/USHORT, LONG/ULONG, we can eliminate a few
instructions by making SIGN have the value 1 instead of 2, and then use
arithmetic instead of branches for computing the right spec->type. It's a
little hacky, but certainly in the same spirit as SMALL needing to have
the value 0x20. For example for the spec->qualifier == 'l' case, gcc now
generates
75e: 0f b6 53 01 movzbl 0x1(%rbx),%edx
762: 83 e2 01 and $0x1,%edx
765: 83 c2 09 add $0x9,%edx
768: 88 13 mov %dl,(%rbx)
instead of
763: 0f b6 53 01 movzbl 0x1(%rbx),%edx
767: 83 e2 02 and $0x2,%edx
76a: 80 fa 01 cmp $0x1,%dl
76d: 19 d2 sbb %edx,%edx
76f: 83 c2 0a add $0xa,%edx
772: 88 13 mov %dl,(%rbx)
Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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