code review 4381045: 8g: optimize byte mov

8g: optimize byte mov

Rewrite MOVB with less expensive
instruction when possible.

Suggested by atomic symbol.

benchmark                                        old ns/op    new ns/op    delta
crc32.BenchmarkCrc32KB                               13066         3942  -69.83%
crc64.BenchmarkCrc64KB                                8780         5949  -32.24%
lzw.BenchmarkDecoder1e4                             771224       636538  -17.46%
lzw.BenchmarkDecoder1e5                            7101218      6096634  -14.15%
lzw.BenchmarkDecoder1e6                           69762020     60789400  -12.86%
lzw.BenchmarkEncoder1e4                             707968       638812   -9.77%
lzw.BenchmarkEncoder1e5                            6567122      5965552   -9.16%
lzw.BenchmarkEncoder1e6                           65006000     58911680   -9.38%
utf8_test.BenchmarkRuneCountTenASCIIChars              166          165   -0.60%
utf8_test.BenchmarkRuneCountTenJapaneseChars           246          258   +4.88%
utf8_test.BenchmarkEncodeASCIIRune                      13           10  -23.08%
utf8_test.BenchmarkEncodeJapaneseRune                   37           16  -56.76%
utf8_test.BenchmarkDecodeASCIIRune                      23           21   -8.70%
utf8_test.BenchmarkDecodeJapaneseRune                   58           32  -44.83%

[rsc, 2011-04-08 17:53:57]

Hello ken2 (cc: golang-dev@googlegroups.com),

I'd like you to review this change to
https://go.googlecode.com/hg

[rsc, 2011-04-08 17:54:01]

*** Submitted as http://code.google.com/p/go/source/detail?r=4fb77130a7ef ***

8g: optimize byte mov

Rewrite MOVB with less expensive
instruction when possible.

Suggested by atomic symbol.

benchmark                                        old ns/op    new ns/op    delta
crc32.BenchmarkCrc32KB                               13066         3942  -69.83%
crc64.BenchmarkCrc64KB                                8780         5949  -32.24%
lzw.BenchmarkDecoder1e4                             771224       636538  -17.46%
lzw.BenchmarkDecoder1e5                            7101218      6096634  -14.15%
lzw.BenchmarkDecoder1e6                           69762020     60789400  -12.86%
lzw.BenchmarkEncoder1e4                             707968       638812   -9.77%
lzw.BenchmarkEncoder1e5                            6567122      5965552   -9.16%
lzw.BenchmarkEncoder1e6                           65006000     58911680   -9.38%
utf8_test.BenchmarkRuneCountTenASCIIChars              166          165   -0.60%
utf8_test.BenchmarkRuneCountTenJapaneseChars           246          258   +4.88%
utf8_test.BenchmarkEncodeASCIIRune                      13           10  -23.08%
utf8_test.BenchmarkEncodeJapaneseRune                   37           16  -56.76%
utf8_test.BenchmarkDecodeASCIIRune                      23           21   -8.70%
utf8_test.BenchmarkDecodeJapaneseRune                   58           32  -44.83%

R=ken2
CC=golang-dev
http://codereview.appspot.com/4381045

[ken3, 2011-04-08 21:14:09]

lgtm