[libc-commits] [libc] [libc] Implement wide read strlen with LLVM vector type (PR #152605)

[Joseph Huber via libc-commits]

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@@ -48,4 +48,13 @@
 #define LIBC_PREFERED_TYPE(TYPE)
 #endif
 
+#if __has_attribute(ext_vector_type) && defined(__clang__) &&                  \
+    __clang_major__ >= 15 &&                                                   \
+    (defined(LIBC_TARGET_ARCH_IS_X86) || defined(LIBC_TARGET_ARCH_IS_ARM))
+#define LIBC_HAS_VECTOR_TYPE 1
+#define LIBC_VECTOR_TYPE(N) __attribute__((ext_vector_type(N)))
+#else
+#define LIBC_HAS_VECTOR_TYPE 0
+#endif
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jhuber6 wrote:

It's because clang 15 added support for bool vectors, which is what emits to something optimal here. Before clang 15 it was an error.

https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/152605