xref: /original-bsd/lib/libc/string/bcopy.c (revision 2301fdfb)
1 /*
2  * Copyright (c) 1987 Regents of the University of California.
3  * All rights reserved.
4  *
5  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms are permitted
6  * provided that the above copyright notice and this paragraph are
7  * duplicated in all such forms and that any documentation,
8  * advertising materials, and other materials related to such
9  * distribution and use acknowledge that the software was developed
10  * by the University of California, Berkeley.  The name of the
11  * University may not be used to endorse or promote products derived
12  * from this software without specific prior written permission.
13  * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR
14  * IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED
15  * WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
16  */
17 
18 #if defined(LIBC_SCCS) && !defined(lint)
19 static char sccsid[] = "@(#)bcopy.c	5.2 (Berkeley) 07/21/88";
20 #endif /* LIBC_SCCS and not lint */
21 
22 /*
23  * bcopy -- vax movc3 instruction
24  */
25 bcopy(src, dst, length)
26 	register char *src, *dst;
27 	register int length;
28 {
29 	if (length && src != dst)
30 		if ((u_int)dst < (u_int)src)
31 			if (((int)src | (int)dst | length) & 3)
32 				do	/* copy by bytes */
33 					*dst++ = *src++;
34 				while (--length);
35 			else {
36 				length >>= 2;
37 				do	/* copy by longs */
38 					*((long *)dst)++ = *((long *)src)++;
39 				while (--length);
40 			}
41 		else {			/* copy backwards */
42 			src += length;
43 			dst += length;
44 			if (((int)src | (int)dst | length) & 3)
45 				do	/* copy by bytes */
46 					*--dst = *--src;
47 				while (--length);
48 			else {
49 				length >>= 2;
50 				do	/* copy by shorts */
51 					*--((long *)dst) = *--((long *)src);
52 				while (--length);
53 			}
54 		}
55 	return(0);
56 }
57