[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] dsputil: add bswap16_buf()

[Reimar Döffinger]

On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 02:32:36PM +0200, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 01:15:47PM +0100, M?ns Rullg?rd wrote:
> > > how much alignment can we assume to have for dst/src? and len?
> > 
> > I don't know as I haven't located every place that could use this
> > function.
> 
> the alignment requirements are prerequesit to writing optimized
> implementations. And would be part of the API of bswap16_buf()

Does it make enough of a speed difference that it is necessary
to assume more than natural alignment?
Doing at most 7 iterations before and after in plain C might not
have a relevant cost in most cases...