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lib/checksum.c: optimize do_csum a bit

Reduce the number of variables modified by the loop in do_csum() by 1,
which seems like a good idea.  On Nios II (a RISC CPU with 3-operand
instruction set) it reduces the loop from 7 to 6 instructions, including
the conditional branch.

Signed-off-by: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Ian Abbott 14 years ago
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1 changed files with 5 additions and 8 deletions
  1. 5 8
      lib/checksum.c

+ 5 - 8
lib/checksum.c

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ static inline unsigned short from32to16(unsigned int x)
 
 static unsigned int do_csum(const unsigned char *buff, int len)
 {
-	int odd, count;
+	int odd;
 	unsigned int result = 0;
 
 	if (len <= 0)
@@ -64,25 +64,22 @@ static unsigned int do_csum(const unsigned char *buff, int len)
 		len--;
 		buff++;
 	}
-	count = len >> 1;		/* nr of 16-bit words.. */
-	if (count) {
+	if (len >= 2) {
 		if (2 & (unsigned long) buff) {
 			result += *(unsigned short *) buff;
-			count--;
 			len -= 2;
 			buff += 2;
 		}
-		count >>= 1;		/* nr of 32-bit words.. */
-		if (count) {
+		if (len >= 4) {
+			const unsigned char *end = buff + ((unsigned)len & ~3);
 			unsigned int carry = 0;
 			do {
 				unsigned int w = *(unsigned int *) buff;
-				count--;
 				buff += 4;
 				result += carry;
 				result += w;
 				carry = (w > result);
-			} while (count);
+			} while (buff < end);
 			result += carry;
 			result = (result & 0xffff) + (result >> 16);
 		}