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+/* Miscellaneous functions used in string implementations. RISC-V version.
+ Copyright (C) 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
+ <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
+
+#ifndef _RISCV_STRING_MISC_H
+#define _RISCV_STRING_MISC_H 1
+
+#include <limits.h>
+#include <endian.h>
+#include <string-optype.h>
+
+#if defined __riscv_zbkb
+/* Extract the byte at index IDX from word X, with index 0 being the
+ least significant byte. */
+static __always_inline unsigned char
+extractbyte (op_t x, unsigned int idx)
+{
+ if (__BYTE_ORDER == __LITTLE_ENDIAN)
+ return x >> (idx * CHAR_BIT);
+ else
+ return x >> (sizeof (x) - 1 - idx) * CHAR_BIT;
+}
+
+/* Setup an word with each byte being c_in. For instance, on a 64 bits
+ machine with input as 0xce the functions returns 0xcececececececece. */
+static __always_inline op_t
+repeat_bytes (unsigned char c_in)
+{
+ op_t c = c_in;
+#if __riscv_xlen == 64
+ /* 8bit -> 16bit -> 32bit -> 64bit pattern replication */
+ __asm__ ("packh %0, %1, %1\n\t"
+ "packw %0, %0, %0\n\t"
+ "pack %0, %0, %0"
+ : "=r"(c) : "r"(c));
+#elif __riscv_xlen == 32
+ /* 8bit -> 16bit -> 32bit pattern replication */
+ __asm__ ("packh %0, %1, %1\n\t"
+ "pack %0, %0, %0"
+ : "=r"(c) : "r"(c));
+#else
+ #error unsupported xlen
+#endif
+ return c;
+}
+#else
+#include <sysdeps/generic/string-misc.h>
+#endif
+
+#endif /* _RISCV_STRING_MISC_H */