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-rw-r--r--src/corelib/tools/qstring.cpp78
-rw-r--r--tests/benchmarks/qstring/main.cpp123
-rw-r--r--tests/benchmarks/qstring/qstring.pro4
3 files changed, 199 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/src/corelib/tools/qstring.cpp b/src/corelib/tools/qstring.cpp
index c3649e3..29509c5 100644
--- a/src/corelib/tools/qstring.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/tools/qstring.cpp
@@ -195,6 +195,68 @@ static int ucstrnicmp(const ushort *a, const ushort *b, int l)
return ucstricmp(a, a + l, b, b + l);
}
+static bool qMemEquals(const quint16 *a, const quint16 *b, int length)
+{
+ // Benchmarking indicates that doing memcmp is much slower than
+ // executing the comparison ourselves.
+ // To make it even faster, we do a 32-bit comparison, comparing
+ // twice the amount of data as a normal word-by-word comparison.
+ //
+ // Benchmarking results on a 2.33 GHz Core2 Duo, with a 64-QChar
+ // block of data, with 4194304 iterations (per iteration):
+ // operation usec cpu ticks
+ // memcmp 330 710
+ // 16-bit 79 167-171
+ // 32-bit aligned 49 105-109
+ //
+ // Testing also indicates that unaligned 32-bit loads are as
+ // performant as 32-bit aligned.
+ if (a == b || !length)
+ return true;
+
+ register union {
+ const quint16 *w;
+ const quint32 *d;
+ quintptr value;
+ } sa, sb;
+ sa.w = a;
+ sb.w = b;
+
+ // check alignment
+ if ((sa.value & 2) == (sb.value & 2)) {
+ // both addresses have the same alignment
+ if (sa.value & 2) {
+ // both addresses are not aligned to 4-bytes boundaries
+ // compare the first character
+ if (*sa.w != *sb.w)
+ return false;
+ --length;
+ ++sa.w;
+ ++sb.w;
+
+ // now both addresses are 4-bytes aligned
+ }
+
+ // both addresses are 4-bytes aligned
+ // do a fast 32-bit comparison
+ register const quint32 *e = sa.d + (length >> 1);
+ for ( ; sa.d != e; ++sa.d, ++sb.d) {
+ if (*sa.d != *sb.d)
+ return false;
+ }
+
+ // do we have a tail?
+ return (length & 1) ? *sa.w == *sb.w : true;
+ } else {
+ // one of the addresses isn't 4-byte aligned but the other is
+ register const quint16 *e = sa.w + length;
+ for ( ; sa.w != e; ++sa.w, ++sb.w) {
+ if (*sa.w != *sb.w)
+ return false;
+ }
+ }
+ return true;
+}
/*!
\internal
@@ -1908,8 +1970,10 @@ QString &QString::replace(QChar c, const QLatin1String &after, Qt::CaseSensitivi
*/
bool QString::operator==(const QString &other) const
{
- return (size() == other.size()) &&
- (memcmp((char*)unicode(),(char*)other.unicode(), size()*sizeof(QChar))==0);
+ if (d->size != other.d->size)
+ return false;
+
+ return qMemEquals(d->data, other.d->data, d->size);
}
/*!
@@ -3136,7 +3200,7 @@ bool QString::startsWith(const QString& s, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) const
if (s.d->size > d->size)
return false;
if (cs == Qt::CaseSensitive) {
- return memcmp((char*)d->data, (char*)s.d->data, s.d->size*sizeof(QChar)) == 0;
+ return qMemEquals(d->data, s.d->data, s.d->size);
} else {
uint last = 0;
uint olast = 0;
@@ -3207,7 +3271,7 @@ bool QString::endsWith(const QString& s, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs) const
if (pos < 0)
return false;
if (cs == Qt::CaseSensitive) {
- return memcmp((char*)&d->data[pos], (char*)s.d->data, s.d->size*sizeof(QChar)) == 0;
+ return qMemEquals(d->data + pos, s.d->data, s.d->size);
} else {
uint last = 0;
uint olast = 0;
@@ -7692,7 +7756,8 @@ QString QStringRef::toString() const {
*/
bool operator==(const QStringRef &s1,const QStringRef &s2)
{ return (s1.size() == s2.size() &&
- (memcmp((char*)s1.unicode(), (char*)s2.unicode(), s1.size()*sizeof(QChar))==0)); }
+ qMemEquals((const ushort *)s1.unicode(), (const ushort *)s2.unicode(), s1.size()));
+}
/*! \relates QStringRef
@@ -7701,7 +7766,8 @@ bool operator==(const QStringRef &s1,const QStringRef &s2)
*/
bool operator==(const QString &s1,const QStringRef &s2)
{ return (s1.size() == s2.size() &&
- (memcmp((char*)s1.unicode(), (char*)s2.unicode(), s1.size()*sizeof(QChar))==0)); }
+ qMemEquals((const ushort *)s1.unicode(), (const ushort *)s2.unicode(), s1.size()));
+}
/*! \relates QStringRef
diff --git a/tests/benchmarks/qstring/main.cpp b/tests/benchmarks/qstring/main.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cbbf0a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/benchmarks/qstring/main.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+/****************************************************************************
+**
+** Copyright (C) 2009 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
+** Contact: Qt Software Information (qt-info@nokia.com)
+**
+** This file is part of the test suite of the Qt Toolkit.
+**
+** $QT_BEGIN_LICENSE:LGPL$
+** No Commercial Usage
+** This file contains pre-release code and may not be distributed.
+** You may use this file in accordance with the terms and conditions
+** contained in the either Technology Preview License Agreement or the
+** Beta Release License Agreement.
+**
+** GNU Lesser General Public License Usage
+** Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU Lesser
+** General Public License version 2.1 as published by the Free Software
+** Foundation and appearing in the file LICENSE.LGPL included in the
+** packaging of this file. Please review the following information to
+** ensure the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1 requirements
+** will be met: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.html.
+**
+** In addition, as a special exception, Nokia gives you certain
+** additional rights. These rights are described in the Nokia Qt LGPL
+** Exception version 1.0, included in the file LGPL_EXCEPTION.txt in this
+** package.
+**
+** GNU General Public License Usage
+** Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU
+** General Public License version 3.0 as published by the Free Software
+** Foundation and appearing in the file LICENSE.GPL included in the
+** packaging of this file. Please review the following information to
+** ensure the GNU General Public License version 3.0 requirements will be
+** met: http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html.
+**
+** If you are unsure which license is appropriate for your use, please
+** contact the sales department at qt-sales@nokia.com.
+** $QT_END_LICENSE$
+**
+****************************************************************************/
+#include <QStringList>
+#include <qtest.h>
+
+class tst_QString: public QObject
+{
+ Q_OBJECT
+private slots:
+ void equals() const;
+ void equals_data() const;
+};
+
+void tst_QString::equals() const
+{
+ QFETCH(QString, a);
+ QFETCH(QString, b);
+
+ QBENCHMARK {
+ a == b;
+ }
+}
+
+void tst_QString::equals_data() const
+{
+ static const struct {
+ ushort data[80];
+ int dummy; // just to ensure 4-byte alignment
+ } data = {
+ {
+ 64, 64, 64, 64, 64, 64, 64, 64,
+ 64, 64, 64, 64, 64, 64, 64, 64, // 16
+ 64, 64, 64, 64, 64, 64, 64, 64,
+ 64, 64, 64, 64, 64, 64, 64, 64, // 32
+ 64, 64, 64, 64, 64, 64, 64, 64,
+ 64, 64, 64, 64, 64, 64, 64, 64, // 48
+ 64, 64, 64, 64, 64, 64, 64, 64,
+ 64, 64, 64, 64, 64, 64, 64, 64, // 64
+ 64, 64, 64, 64, 96, 96, 96, 96,
+ 64, 64, 96, 96, 96, 96, 96, 96 // 80
+ }, 0
+ };
+ const QChar *ptr = reinterpret_cast<const QChar *>(data.data);
+
+ QTest::addColumn<QString>("a");
+ QTest::addColumn<QString>("b");
+ QString base = QString::fromRawData(ptr, 64);
+
+ QTest::newRow("different-length") << base << QString::fromRawData(ptr, 4);
+ QTest::newRow("same-string") << base << base;
+ QTest::newRow("same-data") << base << QString::fromRawData(ptr, 64);
+
+ // try to avoid crossing a cache line (that is, at ptr[64])
+ QTest::newRow("aligned-aligned-4n")
+ << QString::fromRawData(ptr, 60) << QString::fromRawData(ptr + 2, 60);
+ QTest::newRow("aligned-unaligned-4n")
+ << QString::fromRawData(ptr, 60) << QString::fromRawData(ptr + 1, 60);
+ QTest::newRow("unaligned-unaligned-4n")
+ << QString::fromRawData(ptr + 1, 60) << QString::fromRawData(ptr + 3, 60);
+
+ QTest::newRow("aligned-aligned-4n+1")
+ << QString::fromRawData(ptr, 61) << QString::fromRawData(ptr + 2, 61);
+ QTest::newRow("aligned-unaligned-4n+1")
+ << QString::fromRawData(ptr, 61) << QString::fromRawData(ptr + 1, 61);
+ QTest::newRow("unaligned-unaligned-4n+1")
+ << QString::fromRawData(ptr + 1, 61) << QString::fromRawData(ptr + 3, 61);
+
+ QTest::newRow("aligned-aligned-4n-1")
+ << QString::fromRawData(ptr, 59) << QString::fromRawData(ptr + 2, 59);
+ QTest::newRow("aligned-unaligned-4n-1")
+ << QString::fromRawData(ptr, 59) << QString::fromRawData(ptr + 1, 59);
+ QTest::newRow("unaligned-unaligned-4n-1")
+ << QString::fromRawData(ptr + 1, 59) << QString::fromRawData(ptr + 3, 59);
+
+ QTest::newRow("aligned-aligned-2n")
+ << QString::fromRawData(ptr, 58) << QString::fromRawData(ptr + 2, 58);
+ QTest::newRow("aligned-unaligned-2n")
+ << QString::fromRawData(ptr, 58) << QString::fromRawData(ptr + 1, 58);
+ QTest::newRow("unaligned-unaligned-2n")
+ << QString::fromRawData(ptr + 1, 58) << QString::fromRawData(ptr + 3, 58);
+}
+
+QTEST_MAIN(tst_QString)
+
+#include "main.moc"
diff --git a/tests/benchmarks/qstring/qstring.pro b/tests/benchmarks/qstring/qstring.pro
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..74423e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/benchmarks/qstring/qstring.pro
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+load(qttest_p4)
+TARGET = tst_qstring
+QT -= gui
+SOURCES += main.cpp