Re: define pg_structiszero(addr, s, r)

Hi,

On Tue, Oct 29, 2024 at 11:39:03AM +0200, Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
> On 29/10/2024 09:54, Bertrand Drouvot wrote:
> > > https://godbolt.org/z/x9hPWjheq.
> > 
> > Yeah, I also think that's fine. Peter Smith did some testing in [1] comparing
> > memcmp and simple loop checking (thanks Peter for the testing!):
> > 
> > "
> > Iterate 1000000 times...
> > check zeros using loop -- elapsed=0.041196s
> > check zeros using memcmp -- elapsed=0.016407s
> > "
> > 
> > So, in this test, the loop is 0.024789s longer means 0.024789s/1000000=24 Nanosecond
> > slower per comparison (If my math is correct).
> 
> I believe that test program is bogus. Look at the assembly code; the
> compiler optimized away the loops.

Oh right. It looks like that moving the "scanf" within each loop "helps" and
that both give pretty comparable results.

Regards,

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