[PATCH v5 7/8] x86/string: extend memcpy_flushcache() fixed-size fastpaths

From: Li Zhe

Date: Wed Jul 01 2026 - 05:15:37 EST


The new x86 memcpy_nt() helper in this series maps to
memcpy_flushcache(), and the ZONE_DEVICE fast path uses that primitive
for constant-sized struct page template copies.

memcpy_flushcache() currently inlines only the 4, 8, and 16-byte
cases. Larger constant-sized copies fall back to __memcpy_flushcache()
even when the destination is naturally aligned. Extend the inline
movnti coverage to 32, 48, 64, 80, and 96 bytes so the struct
page-sized copies used by that path can stay on the inline
non-temporal store path instead of dropping into the out-of-line
helper.

Factor the store sequences into 8/16/32/64-byte helpers, keep the
existing 4/8/16-byte cases handled directly in memcpy_flushcache(),
issue the stores in ascending address order, and leave all other sizes
on __memcpy_flushcache().

Signed-off-by: Li Zhe <lizhe.67@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/string_64.h | 80 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 79 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/string_64.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/string_64.h
index 6f36abedc56a..95ef2d481418 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/string_64.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/string_64.h
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@

#ifdef __KERNEL__
#include <linux/jump_label.h>
+#include <linux/align.h>

/* Written 2002 by Andi Kleen */

@@ -82,8 +83,81 @@ int strcmp(const char *cs, const char *ct);
#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_UACCESS_FLUSHCACHE
#define __HAVE_ARCH_MEMCPY_FLUSHCACHE 1
void __memcpy_flushcache(void *dst, const void *src, size_t cnt);
-static __always_inline void memcpy_flushcache(void *dst, const void *src, size_t cnt)
+
+static __always_inline void memcpy_flushcache_8(void *dst, const void *src)
+{
+ asm volatile("movntiq %1, %0"
+ : "=m"(*(u64 *)dst)
+ : "r"(*(const u64 *)src)
+ : "memory");
+}
+
+static __always_inline void memcpy_flushcache_16(void *dst,
+ const void *src)
+{
+ memcpy_flushcache_8(dst, src);
+ memcpy_flushcache_8(dst + 8, src + 8);
+}
+
+static __always_inline void memcpy_flushcache_32(void *dst,
+ const void *src)
+{
+ memcpy_flushcache_16(dst, src);
+ memcpy_flushcache_16(dst + 16, src + 16);
+}
+
+static __always_inline void memcpy_flushcache_64(void *dst,
+ const void *src)
{
+ memcpy_flushcache_32(dst, src);
+ memcpy_flushcache_32(dst + 32, src + 32);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Keep the additional aligned fixed-size cases on the inline movnti path.
+ * Leave the existing 4/8/16-byte cases handled directly in
+ * memcpy_flushcache() so their code generation stays unchanged.
+ */
+static __always_inline int memcpy_flushcache_large(void *dst,
+ const void *src,
+ size_t cnt)
+{
+ char *dptr = dst;
+ const char *sptr = src;
+
+ if (!IS_ALIGNED((unsigned long)dst, 8))
+ return 0;
+
+ switch (cnt) {
+ case 32:
+ memcpy_flushcache_32(dptr, sptr);
+ return 1;
+ case 48:
+ memcpy_flushcache_32(dptr, sptr);
+ memcpy_flushcache_16(dptr + 32, sptr + 32);
+ return 1;
+ case 64:
+ memcpy_flushcache_64(dptr, sptr);
+ return 1;
+ case 80:
+ memcpy_flushcache_64(dptr, sptr);
+ memcpy_flushcache_16(dptr + 64, sptr + 64);
+ return 1;
+ case 96:
+ memcpy_flushcache_64(dptr, sptr);
+ memcpy_flushcache_32(dptr + 64, sptr + 64);
+ return 1;
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static __always_inline void memcpy_flushcache(void *dst, const void *src,
+ size_t cnt)
+{
+ if (!cnt)
+ return;
+
if (__builtin_constant_p(cnt)) {
switch (cnt) {
case 4:
@@ -97,7 +171,11 @@ static __always_inline void memcpy_flushcache(void *dst, const void *src, size_t
asm ("movntiq %1, %0" : "=m"(*(u64 *)(dst + 8)) : "r"(*(u64 *)(src + 8)));
return;
}
+
+ if (memcpy_flushcache_large(dst, src, cnt))
+ return;
}
+
__memcpy_flushcache(dst, src, cnt);
}

--
2.20.1