Small operands gcd improvements

[Niels Möller]

tg at gmplib.org (Torbjörn Granlund) writes:

> nisse at lysator.liu.se (Niels Möller) writes:
>
>   Here's a patch to take out gcd_11 to it's own C file, and call it from
>   gcd_1.c. Needs documentation (if you agree it should be a public
>   function), and it would be nice with separate tests for this function.
>
> If you want, feel free to commit!

Committed now, together with a tune/speed update.

> But perhaps put gcd_11 decl in gmp-impl.h, not gmp-h.in for now.
> If we make the function public, we move it back.

I'm open to moving it. But I think it's unlikely we'll need to make
incompatible changes.

> It is a shame the call is not tail-able due to the shift.

Could add an internal function with shift count as an argument. But I
suspect that is useful for mpn_gcd_1 only; when called from higher level
functions such as mpn_gcd, that won't work well, since shifted gcd may
exceed a limb.

> Should some current calls to gcd_1 be made into gcd_11 calls if
> HAVE_NATIVE_mpn_gcd_11?  (Or perhaps if HAVE_NATIVE_mpn_gcd_11 || !
> HAVE_NATIVE_mpn_gcd_1, so that we don't cause slowdown while the asm
> code is not adapted!)

Maybe easier to wait until asm files are updated so that
HAVE_NATIVE_mpn_gcd_1 implies HAVE_NATIVE_mpn_gcd_11. Or was it some
particular call site you had in mind?

Regards,
/Niels

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