Speed up Array.Reverse by using ref reassignment (#17891)

* Speed up Array.Reverse by using ref reassignment

* Optimize MemoryExtensions.Reverse

2 files changed, 29 insertions, 20 deletions

diff --git a/src/mscorlib/shared/System/MemoryExtensions.cs b/src/mscorlib/shared/System/MemoryExtensions.cs
index a706b7b685..b4782dcaf0 100644
--- a/src/mscorlib/shared/System/MemoryExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/mscorlib/shared/System/MemoryExtensions.cs
@@ -771,17 +771,21 @@ namespace System
         /// </summary>
         public static void Reverse<T>(this Span<T> span)
         {
-            ref T p = ref MemoryMarshal.GetReference(span);
-            int i = 0;
-            int j = span.Length - 1;
-            while (i < j)
+            if (span.Length <= 1)
             {
-                T temp = Unsafe.Add(ref p, i);
-                Unsafe.Add(ref p, i) = Unsafe.Add(ref p, j);
-                Unsafe.Add(ref p, j) = temp;
-                i++;
-                j--;
+                return;
             }
+
+            ref T first = ref MemoryMarshal.GetReference(span);
+            ref T last = ref Unsafe.Add(ref Unsafe.Add(ref first, span.Length), -1);
+            do
+            {
+                T temp = first;
+                first = last;
+                last = temp;
+                first = ref Unsafe.Add(ref first, 1);
+                last = ref Unsafe.Add(ref last, -1);
+            } while (Unsafe.IsAddressLessThan(ref first, ref last));
         }
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/src/mscorlib/src/System/Array.cs b/src/mscorlib/src/System/Array.cs
index 28a8d040c5..d8a958d6ab 100644
--- a/src/mscorlib/src/System/Array.cs
+++ b/src/mscorlib/src/System/Array.cs
@@ -1528,6 +1528,9 @@ namespace System
             if (array.Rank != 1)
                 ThrowHelper.ThrowRankException(ExceptionResource.Rank_MultiDimNotSupported);
 
+            if (length <= 1)
+                return;
+
             bool r = TrySZReverse(array, index, length);
             if (r)
                 return;
@@ -1561,7 +1564,7 @@ namespace System
                 ThrowHelper.ThrowArgumentNullException(ExceptionArgument.array);
             Reverse(array, 0, array.Length);
         }
-
+        
         public static void Reverse<T>(T[] array, int index, int length)
         {
             if (array == null)
@@ -1573,17 +1576,19 @@ namespace System
             if (array.Length - index < length)
                 ThrowHelper.ThrowArgumentException(ExceptionResource.Argument_InvalidOffLen);
 
-            ref T p = ref Unsafe.As<byte, T>(ref array.GetRawSzArrayData());
-            int i = index;
-            int j = index + length - 1;
-            while (i < j)
+            if (length <= 1)
+                return;
+
+            ref T first = ref Unsafe.Add(ref Unsafe.As<byte, T>(ref array.GetRawSzArrayData()), index);
+            ref T last = ref Unsafe.Add(ref Unsafe.Add(ref first, length), -1);
+            do
             {
-                T temp = Unsafe.Add(ref p, i);
-                Unsafe.Add(ref p, i) = Unsafe.Add(ref p, j);
-                Unsafe.Add(ref p, j) = temp;
-                i++;
-                j--;
-            }
+                T temp = first;
+                first = last;
+                last = temp;
+                first = ref Unsafe.Add(ref first, 1);
+                last = ref Unsafe.Add(ref last, -1);
+            } while (Unsafe.IsAddressLessThan(ref first, ref last));
         }
 
         // Sorts the elements of an array. The sort compares the elements to each