[PATCH 3/3] Optimize byte-aligned copies in copy_bitwise()

[Andreas Arnez <arnez@linux.vnet.ibm.com>]

The function copy_bitwise used for copying DWARF pieces can potentially
be invoked for large chunks of data.  For instance, consider a large
struct one of whose members is currently located in a register.  In this
case copy_bitwise would still copy the data bitwise in a loop, which is
much slower than necessary.

This change uses memcpy for the large part instead, if possible.

gdb/ChangeLog:

	* dwarf2loc.c (copy_bitwise): Use memcpy for the middle part, if
	it is byte-aligned.
---
 gdb/dwarf2loc.c | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gdb/dwarf2loc.c b/gdb/dwarf2loc.c
index 3a241a8..26f6bd8 100644
--- a/gdb/dwarf2loc.c
+++ b/gdb/dwarf2loc.c
@@ -1547,11 +1547,30 @@ copy_bitwise (gdb_byte *dest, ULONGEST dest_offset,
     {
       size_t len = nbits / 8;
 
-      while (len--)
+      /* Use a faster method for byte-aligned copies.  */
+      if (avail == 0)
 	{
-	  buf |= *(bits_big_endian ? source-- : source++) << avail;
-	  *(bits_big_endian ? dest-- : dest++) = buf;
-	  buf >>= 8;
+	  if (bits_big_endian)
+	    {
+	      dest -= len;
+	      source -= len;
+	      memcpy (dest + 1, source + 1, len);
+	    }
+	  else
+	    {
+	      memcpy (dest, source, len);
+	      dest += len;
+	      source += len;
+	    }
+	}
+      else
+	{
+	  while (len--)
+	    {
+	      buf |= *(bits_big_endian ? source-- : source++) << avail;
+	      *(bits_big_endian ? dest-- : dest++) = buf;
+	      buf >>= 8;
+	    }
 	}
       nbits %= 8;
     }
-- 
2.3.0