memset(), memset_isr()

Arguments:

dst

A pointer to the memory that you want to set.

c

The value that you want to store in each byte.

length

The number of bytes to set.

Library:

libc

Use the -l c option to qcc to link against this library. This library is usually included automatically.

Description:

The memset() function fills length bytes starting at dst with the value c.

The memset_isr() function does the same thing, but avoids using special-purpose registers (e.g., sse2) that incur additional cost when their state is saved during context switches. The relative performance of a process using this first or second function can be better or worse depending on the frequency and sizes of memory-copying operations, the specific target, and what other processes are doing. If memory copying does not play a major role in the process's overall performance, which function is faster isn't so important. Otherwise, developers are strongly encouraged to do their own testing and select the correct function.

In this release, both memset() and memset_isr() are safe to call from an interrupt handler.

Returns:

A pointer to the destination buffer (that is, the value of dst).

Examples:

#include <string.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>

int main( void )
{
    char buffer[80];

    memset( buffer, '=', 80 );
    buffer[79] = '\0';
    
    puts( buffer );
    
    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

Environment variables:

LIBC_STRINGS

On certain targets, you can use this environment variable to select the implementation of memset(). It doesn't affect the implementation of memset_isr(). The value is one of the strings given below.

• for AArch64 targets:
  • aarch64_neon — optimized for AARCH64 targets using NEON
  • generic — the default
• for ARMv7 targets:
  • cortex_a9 — optimized for the ARM Cortex-A9 processor; assumes that no unaligned access is supported
  • cortex_a9_aligned — optimized for ARM Cortex-A9; requires that unaligned memory access be enabled on the platform. If memory access is misaligned, this implementation falls back to the NEON version.
  • cortex_a9_neon — optimized for ARM Cortex-A9 using NEON
  • generic — the default
  • krait — optimized for the Qualcomm Krait CPU
  • krait_neon — optimized for Qualcomm Krait using NEON

Processes that register ISRs shouldn't use the NEON versions.

Classification:

memset() is ANSI, POSIX 1003.1; memset_isr() is QNX Neutrino.