Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective (3rd Edition)
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Chapter 3, Problem 3.61HW
In Section 3.6.6, we examined the following code as a candidate for the use of conditional data transfer:
long cread (long *xp) {
return (xp ? xp : 0);
}
We showed a trial implementation using a conditional move instruction but argued that it was not valid, since it could attempt to read from a null address.
Write a C function cread_alt that has the same behavior as cread, except that it can be compiled to use conditional data transfer. When compiled, the generated code should use a conditional move instruction rather than one of the jump instructions.
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Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective (3rd Edition)
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