commit 5542236837c5c41435f8282ec92799f480c36f18 Author: Paul Eggert Date: Tue Jul 21 22:50:29 2015 -0700 Port the 0x7efe...feff pattern to GCC 6. See Steve Ellcey's bug report in: https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2015-07/msg00673.html * string/memrchr.c (MEMRCHR): * string/rawmemchr.c (RAWMEMCHR): * string/strchr.c (strchr): * string/strchrnul.c (STRCHRNUL): Rewrite code to avoid issues with signed shift overflow. --- string/memrchr.c | 11 ++--------- string/rawmemchr.c | 11 ++--------- string/strchr.c | 9 ++------- string/strchrnul.c | 9 ++------- 4 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-) --- a/string/memrchr.c +++ b/string/memrchr.c @@ -96,15 +96,8 @@ The 1-bits make sure that carries propagate to the next 0-bit. The 0-bits provide holes for carries to fall into. */ - - if (sizeof (longword) != 4 && sizeof (longword) != 8) - abort (); - -#if LONG_MAX <= LONG_MAX_32_BITS - magic_bits = 0x7efefeff; -#else - magic_bits = ((unsigned long int) 0x7efefefe << 32) | 0xfefefeff; -#endif + magic_bits = -1; + magic_bits = magic_bits / 0xff * 0xfe << 1 >> 1 | 1; /* Set up a longword, each of whose bytes is C. */ charmask = c | (c << 8); --- a/string/rawmemchr.c +++ b/string/rawmemchr.c @@ -83,15 +83,8 @@ The 1-bits make sure that carries propagate to the next 0-bit. The 0-bits provide holes for carries to fall into. */ - - if (sizeof (longword) != 4 && sizeof (longword) != 8) - abort (); - -#if LONG_MAX <= LONG_MAX_32_BITS - magic_bits = 0x7efefeff; -#else - magic_bits = ((unsigned long int) 0x7efefefe << 32) | 0xfefefeff; -#endif + magic_bits = -1; + magic_bits = magic_bits / 0xff * 0xfe << 1 >> 1 | 1; /* Set up a longword, each of whose bytes is C. */ charmask = c | (c << 8); --- a/string/strchr.c +++ b/string/strchr.c @@ -63,13 +63,8 @@ The 1-bits make sure that carries propagate to the next 0-bit. The 0-bits provide holes for carries to fall into. */ - switch (sizeof (longword)) - { - case 4: magic_bits = 0x7efefeffL; break; - case 8: magic_bits = ((0x7efefefeL << 16) << 16) | 0xfefefeffL; break; - default: - abort (); - } + magic_bits = -1; + magic_bits = magic_bits / 0xff * 0xfe << 1 >> 1 | 1; /* Set up a longword, each of whose bytes is C. */ charmask = c | (c << 8); --- a/string/strchrnul.c +++ b/string/strchrnul.c @@ -62,13 +62,8 @@ The 1-bits make sure that carries propagate to the next 0-bit. The 0-bits provide holes for carries to fall into. */ - switch (sizeof (longword)) - { - case 4: magic_bits = 0x7efefeffL; break; - case 8: magic_bits = ((0x7efefefeL << 16) << 16) | 0xfefefeffL; break; - default: - abort (); - } + magic_bits = -1; + magic_bits = magic_bits / 0xff * 0xfe << 1 >> 1 | 1; /* Set up a longword, each of whose bytes is C. */ charmask = c | (c << 8);