/* Clear a block of memory for calloc. Generic version. Copyright (C) 2024-2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This file is part of the GNU C Library. The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see . */ static __always_inline void * clear_memory (INTERNAL_SIZE_T *d, unsigned long clearsize) { /* Unroll clear memory size up to 9 * INTERNAL_SIZE_T bytes. We know that contents have an odd number of INTERNAL_SIZE_T-sized words; minimally 3 words. */ unsigned long nclears = clearsize / sizeof (INTERNAL_SIZE_T); if (nclears > 9) return memset (d, 0, clearsize); /* NB: The VRP pass in GCC 14.2 will optimize it out. */ if (nclears < 3) __builtin_unreachable (); /* Use repeated stores with 1 branch, instead of up to 3. */ *(d + 0) = 0; *(d + 1) = 0; *(d + 2) = 0; *(d + nclears - 2) = 0; *(d + nclears - 2 + 1) = 0; if (nclears > 5) { *(d + 3) = 0; *(d + 3 + 1) = 0; *(d + nclears - 4) = 0; *(d + nclears - 4 + 1) = 0; } return d; }