depending on architecture. I've experimented with several ways
of writing this section such as using an else before the goto
but this one seems to be the fastest. */
- while ((unsigned char *)plong < end - 1) {
+ while ((unsigned char *)plong < end - sizeof(unsigned long)) {
prefetch(plong + 1);
if (((*plong) & LBITMASK) != lskipval)
break;