Implement ffs(3) using the CLZ instructions which has been available ever

since ARMv5.  Should be much faster but more importantly it removes the
data table from .text which could introduce unwanted ROP gadgets.

Based on changes in Android/Bionic by Elliott Hughes.

ok patrick@

diff --git a/lib/libc/arch/arm/string/ffs.S b/lib/libc/arch/arm/string/ffs.S
index 9cb18ce..2503f33 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/libc/arch/arm/string/ffs.S
+++ b/lib/libc/arch/arm/string/ffs.S
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*     $OpenBSD: ffs.S,v 1.8 2018/01/19 11:10:43 jca Exp $     */
+/*     $OpenBSD: ffs.S,v 1.9 2018/01/21 21:56:02 kettenis Exp $        */
 /*     $NetBSD: ffs.S,v 1.5 2003/04/05 23:08:52 bjh21 Exp $    */
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2001 Christopher Gilbert
@@ -31,49 +31,12 @@
 
 #include "DEFS.h"
 
-/*
- * ffs - find first set bit, this algorithm isolates the first set
- * bit, then multiplies the number by 0x0450fbaf which leaves the top
- * 6 bits as an index into the table.  This algorithm should be a win
- * over the checking each bit in turn as per the C compiled version.
- *
- * under ARMv5 there's an instruction called CLZ (count leading Zero's) that
- * could be used
- *
- * This is the ffs algorithm devised by d.seal and posted to comp.sys.arm on
- * 16 Feb 1994.
- */
-
-       .syntax unified
-
 ENTRY(ffs)
        /* Standard trick to isolate bottom bit in r0 or 0 if r0 = 0 on entry */
-       rsb     r1, r0, #0
-       ands    r0, r0, r1
-       /*
-        * now r0 has at most one set bit, call this X
-        * if X = 0, all further instructions are skipped
-        */
-       adrne   r2, .L_ffs_table
-       orrne   r0, r0, r0, lsl #4  /* r0 = X * 0x11 */ 
-       orrne   r0, r0, r0, lsl #6  /* r0 = X * 0x451 */
-       rsbne   r0, r0, r0, lsl #16 /* r0 = X * 0x0450fbaf */
-              
-       /* now lookup in table indexed on top 6 bits of r0 */
-       ldrbne  r0, [ r2, r0, lsr #26 ]
-
-        mov   pc, lr
+       rsb     r1, r0, #0
+       ands    r0, r0, r1
+       clzne   r0, r0
+       rsbne   r0, r0, #32
+       bx      lr
 END(ffs)
 .protected ffs
-
-.type .L_ffs_table, _ASM_TYPE_OBJECT;
-.L_ffs_table:
-/*               0   1   2   3   4   5   6   7           */
-       .byte    0,  1,  2, 13,  3,  7,  0, 14  /*  0- 7 */
-       .byte    4,  0,  8,  0,  0,  0,  0, 15  /*  8-15 */
-       .byte   11,  5,  0,  0,  9,  0,  0, 26  /* 16-23 */
-       .byte    0,  0,  0,  0,  0, 22, 28, 16  /* 24-31 */
-       .byte   32, 12,  6,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0  /* 32-39 */
-       .byte   10,  0,  0, 25,  0,  0, 21, 27  /* 40-47 */
-       .byte   31,  0,  0,  0,  0, 24,  0, 20  /* 48-55 */
-       .byte   30,  0, 23, 19, 29, 18, 17,  0  /* 56-63 */