glibc/sysdeps/generic/strncmp.c

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#include <string.h>
#include <memcopy.h>

#undef strncmp

/* Compare no more than N characters of S1 and S2,
   returning less than, equal to or greater than zero
   if S1 is lexicographically less than, equal to or
   greater than S2.  */
int
strncmp (s1, s2, n)
     const char *s1;
     const char *s2;
     size_t n;
{
  unsigned reg_char c1 = '\0';
  unsigned reg_char c2 = '\0';

  if (n >= 4)
    {
      size_t n4 = n >> 2;
      do
	{
	  c1 = (unsigned char) *s1++;
	  c2 = (unsigned char) *s2++;
	  if (c1 == '\0' || c1 != c2)
	    return c1 - c2;
	  c1 = (unsigned char) *s1++;
	  c2 = (unsigned char) *s2++;
	  if (c1 == '\0' || c1 != c2)
	    return c1 - c2;
	  c1 = (unsigned char) *s1++;
	  c2 = (unsigned char) *s2++;
	  if (c1 == '\0' || c1 != c2)
	    return c1 - c2;
	  c1 = (unsigned char) *s1++;
	  c2 = (unsigned char) *s2++;
	  if (c1 == '\0' || c1 != c2)
	    return c1 - c2;
	} while (--n4 > 0);
      n &= 3;
    }

  while (n > 0)
    {
      c1 = (unsigned char) *s1++;
      c2 = (unsigned char) *s2++;
      if (c1 == '\0' || c1 != c2)
	return c1 - c2;
      n--;
    }

  return c1 - c2;
}