Just curiously. Why do you call this an overlapping/destructive move.
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From: "Farley, Peter x23353" <[email protected]>
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Subject: z10 and overlapping/destructive moves
I am in the midst of a CPU optimization exercise for a COBOL program and
ran across the following code sequence generated by the compiler:
MVI 254(3),X'40'
MVC 255(119,3),254(3)
This code is generated in response to a simple COBOL "MOVE SPACES TO
variable" instruction, where the variable is 120 bytes long.
Did I or did I not see some discussion here or perhaps in a SHARE
presentation that on a z10 machine overlapping/destructive moves wreck
the pipeline and take *much* longer to execute as a result? Or am I
imagining that?
The reason I ask is that Strobe highlights this place in the code as a
high-usage point, and I am struggling to understand why.
TIA for any info you can provide.
Peter
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