pkgsrc-ng/lang/gcc45/patches/patch-gcc_doc_md.texi
Lionel Sambuc 612ad0a18c lang/gcc45
2016-01-22 00:09:29 +01:00

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$NetBSD$
--- gcc/doc/md.texi.orig Tue Dec 15 18:36:44 2009
+++ gcc/doc/md.texi
@@ -4503,8 +4503,9 @@ byte by byte in lexicographic order starting at the be
string. The instruction is not allowed to prefetch more than one byte
at a time since either string may end in the first byte and reading past
that may access an invalid page or segment and cause a fault. The
-effect of the instruction is to store a value in operand 0 whose sign
-indicates the result of the comparison.
+comparison terminates early if the fetched bytes are different or if
+they are equal to zero. The effect of the instruction is to store a
+value in operand 0 whose sign indicates the result of the comparison.
@cindex @code{cmpstr@var{m}} instruction pattern
@item @samp{cmpstr@var{m}}
@@ -4522,8 +4523,10 @@ The two memory blocks specified are compared byte by b
order starting at the beginning of each string. The instruction is not allowed
to prefetch more than one byte at a time since either string may end in the
first byte and reading past that may access an invalid page or segment and
-cause a fault. The effect of the instruction is to store a value in operand 0
-whose sign indicates the result of the comparison.
+cause a fault. The comparison will terminate when the fetched bytes
+are different or if they are equal to zero. The effect of the
+instruction is to store a value in operand 0 whose sign indicates the
+result of the comparison.
@cindex @code{cmpmem@var{m}} instruction pattern
@item @samp{cmpmem@var{m}}
@@ -4531,9 +4534,10 @@ Block compare instruction, with five operands like the
of @samp{cmpstr@var{m}}. The two memory blocks specified are compared
byte by byte in lexicographic order starting at the beginning of each
block. Unlike @samp{cmpstr@var{m}} the instruction can prefetch
-any bytes in the two memory blocks. The effect of the instruction is
-to store a value in operand 0 whose sign indicates the result of the
-comparison.
+any bytes in the two memory blocks. Also unlike @samp{cmpstr@var{m}}
+the comparison will not stop if both bytes are zero. The effect of
+the instruction is to store a value in operand 0 whose sign indicates
+the result of the comparison.
@cindex @code{strlen@var{m}} instruction pattern
@item @samp{strlen@var{m}}