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UbixOS / sys / lib / strlen.S
/*-
 * Copyright (c) 2002-2018 The UbixOS Project.
 * All rights reserved.
 *
 * This was developed by Christopher W. Olsen for the UbixOS Project.
 *
 * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted
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 */
 .globl strlen
strlen:
        pushl   %edi
        movl    8(%esp),%edi            /* string address */
        cld                             /* set search forward */
        xorl    %eax,%eax               /* set search for null terminator */
        movl    $-1,%ecx                /* set search for lots of characters */
        repne                           /* search! */
        scasb
        notl    %ecx                    /* get length by taking complement */
        leal    -1(%ecx),%eax           /* and subtracting one */
        popl    %edi
        ret