[PATCH RFC] x86:Improve memset with general 64bit instruction

From: ling . ma . program
Date: Mon Apr 07 2014 - 10:51:05 EST


From: Ling Ma <ling.ml@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

In this patch we manage to reduce miss branch prediction by
avoiding using branch instructions and force destination to be aligned
with general 64bit instruction.
Below compared results shows we improve performance up to 1.8x
(We modified test suit from Ondra, send after this patch)

Bytes: ORG_TIME: NEW_TIME: ORG vs NEW:
7 0.51 0.48 1.06
16 0.55 0.38 1.44
18 0.61 0.44 1.38
21 0.62 0.47 1.31
25 0.64 0.45 1.42
30 0.65 0.45 1.44
36 0.66 0.44 1.50
38 0.67 0.46 1.45
62 0.70 0.44 1.59
75 0.71 0.44 1.61
85 0.73 0.46 1.58
120 0.78 0.44 1.77
193 0.81 0.46 1.76
245 0.84 0.52 1.61
256 0.83 0.45 1.84
356 0.86 0.55 1.56
601 0.98 0.65 1.50
958 1.14 0.81 1.40
1024 1.19 0.86 1.38
2048 1.69 1.34 1.26
Signed-off-by: Ling Ma <ling.ml@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/alternative-asm.h | 4 +-
arch/x86/lib/memset_64.S | 172 +++++++++++++++++++++------------
2 files changed, 110 insertions(+), 66 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative-asm.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative-asm.h
index 372231c..aaac545 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative-asm.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative-asm.h
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@
.long \orig - .
.long \alt - .
.word \feature
- .byte \orig_len
- .byte \alt_len
+ .word \orig_len
+ .word \alt_len
.endm

#endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
diff --git a/arch/x86/lib/memset_64.S b/arch/x86/lib/memset_64.S
index 2dcb380..3eca27c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/lib/memset_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/lib/memset_64.S
@@ -59,77 +59,121 @@
ENTRY(memset)
ENTRY(__memset)
CFI_STARTPROC
- movq %rdi,%r10
-
- /* expand byte value */
movzbl %sil,%ecx
- movabs $0x0101010101010101,%rax
- imulq %rcx,%rax
-
- /* align dst */
- movl %edi,%r9d
- andl $7,%r9d
- jnz .Lbad_alignment
- CFI_REMEMBER_STATE
-.Lafter_bad_alignment:
-
- movq %rdx,%rcx
- shrq $6,%rcx
- jz .Lhandle_tail
-
+ mov $0x0101010101010101,%rsi
+ imulq %rsi,%rcx
+ movq %rdi,%rax
+ lea (%rdi, %rdx), %r8
+ cmp $128, %rdx
+ ja .Lmore128bytes
+ cmp $64, %edx
+ jb .Lless_64bytes
+ /*
+ * Move data from 65 bytes to 128 bytes.
+ */
+ mov %rcx, 0x00(%rdi)
+ mov %rcx, 0x08(%rdi)
+ mov %rcx, 0x10(%rdi)
+ mov %rcx, 0x18(%rdi)
+ mov %rcx, 0x20(%rdi)
+ mov %rcx, 0x28(%rdi)
+ mov %rcx, 0x30(%rdi)
+ mov %rcx, 0x38(%rdi)
+ mov %rcx, -0x40(%r8)
+ mov %rcx, -0x38(%r8)
+ mov %rcx, -0x30(%r8)
+ mov %rcx, -0x28(%r8)
+ mov %rcx, -0x20(%r8)
+ mov %rcx, -0x18(%r8)
+ mov %rcx, -0x10(%r8)
+ mov %rcx, -0x08(%r8)
+ ret
.p2align 4
-.Lloop_64:
- decq %rcx
- movq %rax,(%rdi)
- movq %rax,8(%rdi)
- movq %rax,16(%rdi)
- movq %rax,24(%rdi)
- movq %rax,32(%rdi)
- movq %rax,40(%rdi)
- movq %rax,48(%rdi)
- movq %rax,56(%rdi)
- leaq 64(%rdi),%rdi
- jnz .Lloop_64
-
- /* Handle tail in loops. The loops should be faster than hard
- to predict jump tables. */
+.Lless_64bytes:
+ cmp $32, %edx
+ jb .Lless_32bytes
+ /*
+ * Move data from 33 bytes to 64 bytes.
+ */
+ mov %rcx, 0x00(%rdi)
+ mov %rcx, 0x08(%rdi)
+ mov %rcx, 0x10(%rdi)
+ mov %rcx, 0x18(%rdi)
+ mov %rcx, -0x20(%r8)
+ mov %rcx, -0x18(%r8)
+ mov %rcx, -0x10(%r8)
+ mov %rcx, -0x08(%r8)
+ ret
.p2align 4
-.Lhandle_tail:
- movl %edx,%ecx
- andl $63&(~7),%ecx
- jz .Lhandle_7
- shrl $3,%ecx
+.Lless_32bytes:
+ cmp $16, %edx
+ jb .Lless_16bytes
+ mov %rcx, 0x00(%rdi)
+ mov %rcx, 0x08(%rdi)
+ mov %rcx, -0x10(%r8)
+ mov %rcx, -0x08(%r8)
+ ret
.p2align 4
-.Lloop_8:
- decl %ecx
- movq %rax,(%rdi)
- leaq 8(%rdi),%rdi
- jnz .Lloop_8
-
-.Lhandle_7:
- andl $7,%edx
- jz .Lende
+.Lless_16bytes:
+ cmp $8, %edx
+ jb .Lless_8bytes
+ mov %rcx, (%rdi)
+ mov %rcx, -0x08(%r8)
+ ret
.p2align 4
-.Lloop_1:
- decl %edx
- movb %al,(%rdi)
- leaq 1(%rdi),%rdi
- jnz .Lloop_1
-
-.Lende:
- movq %r10,%rax
+.Lless_8bytes:
+ cmp $4, %edx
+ jb .Lless_4bytes
+ mov %ecx, (%rdi)
+ mov %ecx, -0x04(%r8)
+ .p2align 4
+.Lless_4bytes:
+ cmp $2, %edx
+ jb .Lless_2bytes
+ mov %cx, (%rdi)
+ mov %cx, -0x02(%r8)
+ ret
+ .p2align 4
+.Lless_2bytes:
+ cmp $1, %edx
+ jb .Lless_1bytes
+ mov %cl, (%rdi)
+.Lless_1bytes:
ret

- CFI_RESTORE_STATE
-.Lbad_alignment:
- cmpq $7,%rdx
- jbe .Lhandle_7
- movq %rax,(%rdi) /* unaligned store */
- movq $8,%r8
- subq %r9,%r8
- addq %r8,%rdi
- subq %r8,%rdx
- jmp .Lafter_bad_alignment
+ .p2align 4
+.Lmore128bytes:
+ mov %rcx, (%rdi)
+ mov %rdi, %r9
+ and $-0x08, %rdi
+ add $0x08, %rdi
+ sub %rdi, %r9
+ add %r9, %rdx
+ sub $0x40, %rdx
+.Lgobble_64_loop:
+ mov %rcx, 0x00(%rdi)
+ mov %rcx, 0x08(%rdi)
+ mov %rcx, 0x10(%rdi)
+ mov %rcx, 0x18(%rdi)
+ mov %rcx, 0x20(%rdi)
+ mov %rcx, 0x28(%rdi)
+ mov %rcx, 0x30(%rdi)
+ mov %rcx, 0x38(%rdi)
+ lea 0x40(%rdi), %rdi
+ sub $0x40, %rdx
+ jae .Lgobble_64_loop
+ /*
+ * Move data from 0 bytes to 63 bytes.
+ */
+ mov %rcx, -0x40(%r8)
+ mov %rcx, -0x38(%r8)
+ mov %rcx, -0x30(%r8)
+ mov %rcx, -0x28(%r8)
+ mov %rcx, -0x20(%r8)
+ mov %rcx, -0x18(%r8)
+ mov %rcx, -0x10(%r8)
+ mov %rcx, -0x08(%r8)
+ ret
.Lfinal:
CFI_ENDPROC
ENDPROC(memset)
--
1.8.1.4

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