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    Use ARMv8 CRC instructions where available. · f044d71e
    Heikki Linnakangas authored
    ARMv8 introduced special CPU instructions for calculating CRC-32C. Use
    them, when available, for speed.
    
    Like with the similar Intel CRC instructions, several factors affect
    whether the instructions can be used. The compiler intrinsics for them must
    be supported by the compiler, and the instructions must be supported by the
    target architecture. If the compilation target architecture does not
    support the instructions, but adding "-march=armv8-a+crc" makes them
    available, then we compile the code with a runtime check to determine if
    the host we're running on supports them or not.
    
    For the runtime check, use glibc getauxval() function. Unfortunately,
    that's not very portable, but I couldn't find any more portable way to do
    it. If getauxval() is not available, the CRC instructions will still be
    used if the target architecture supports them without any additional
    compiler flags, but the runtime check will not be available.
    
    Original patch by Yuqi Gu, heavily modified by me. Reviewed by Andres
    Freund, Thomas Munro.
    
    Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/HE1PR0801MB1323D171938EABC04FFE7FA9E3110%40HE1PR0801MB1323.eurprd08.prod.outlook.com
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