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diff --git a/mysys/ptr_cmp.c b/mysys/ptr_cmp.c
index 24ab6a1ea9c..2005e3eb2b7 100644
--- a/mysys/ptr_cmp.c
+++ b/mysys/ptr_cmp.c
@@ -22,16 +22,39 @@
#include "mysys_priv.h"
#include <myisampack.h>
+#ifdef TARGET_OS_SOLARIS
+/*
+ * On Solaris, memcmp() is normally faster than the unrolled ptr_compare_N
+ * functions, as memcmp() is usually a platform-specific implementation
+ * written in assembler, provided in /usr/lib/libc/libc_hwcap*.so.1.
+ * This implementation is also usually faster than the built-in memcmp
+ * supplied by GCC, so it is recommended to build with "-fno-builtin-memcmp"
+ * in CFLAGS if building with GCC on Solaris.
+ */
+
+#include <string.h>
+
+static int native_compare(size_t *length, unsigned char **a, unsigned char **b)
+{
+ return memcmp(*a, *b, *length);
+}
+
+#else /* TARGET_OS_SOLARIS */
+
static int ptr_compare(size_t *compare_length, uchar **a, uchar **b);
static int ptr_compare_0(size_t *compare_length, uchar **a, uchar **b);
static int ptr_compare_1(size_t *compare_length, uchar **a, uchar **b);
static int ptr_compare_2(size_t *compare_length, uchar **a, uchar **b);
static int ptr_compare_3(size_t *compare_length, uchar **a, uchar **b);
+#endif /* TARGET_OS_SOLARIS */
/* Get a pointer to a optimal byte-compare function for a given size */
qsort2_cmp get_ptr_compare (size_t size)
{
+#ifdef TARGET_OS_SOLARIS
+ return (qsort2_cmp) native_compare;
+#else
if (size < 4)
return (qsort2_cmp) ptr_compare;
switch (size & 3) {
@@ -41,6 +64,7 @@ qsort2_cmp get_ptr_compare (size_t size)
case 3: return (qsort2_cmp) ptr_compare_3;
}
return 0; /* Impossible */
+#endif /* TARGET_OS_SOLARIS */
}