remove dependency of memmove on memcpy direction
this commit introduces a performance regression in many uses of
memmove, which will need to be addressed before the next release. i'm
making it as a temporary measure so that the restrict patch can be
committed without invoking undefined behavior when memmove calls
memcpy with overlapping regions.
diff --git a/src/string/memmove.c b/src/string/memmove.c
index 22bb4b3..9153a64 100644
--- a/src/string/memmove.c
+++ b/src/string/memmove.c
@@ -5,10 +5,9 @@
char *d = dest;
const char *s = src;
if (d==s) return d;
- if ((size_t)(d-s) < n) {
+ if ((size_t)(d-s) < n)
while (n--) d[n] = s[n];
- return dest;
- }
- /* Assumes memcpy is overlap-safe when dest < src */
- return memcpy(d, s, n);
+ else
+ while (n--) *d++ = *s++;
+ return dest;
}