Re: [PATCH 1/1] LZ4: Port LZ4 1.9.x FAST_DEC_LOOP and enable it on x86 and ARM64
From: Mao, Chenxi
Date: Fri May 17 2019 - 03:08:17 EST
Hi Xiang:
Got it and thanks.
Will follow the rules in next PS.
Chenxi
On 5/17/19 2:35 PM, Gao Xiang wrote:
> Hi Chenxi,
>
> Some words about the patch format.. not important tho.
>
> One suggestion is that the subject line should be better written
> as "[PATCH v2/v3/...] title" since it's more clear to know
> which patch is the latest patch among these emails.
>
> On 2019/5/17 13:56, Chenxi Mao wrote:
>> FAST_DEC_LOOP was introduced from LZ4 1.9.0[1]
>> This change would be introduce 10% on decompress operation
>> according to LZ4 benchmark result on X86 devices.
>> Meanwhile, LZ4 with FAST_DEC_LOOP could get improvements on ARM64,
>> however clang compiler has downgrade if FAST_DEC_LOOP enabled.
>>
>> So FAST_DEC_LOOP only enabled on X86/X86-64 or ARM64 with GCC build.
>>
>> LZ4 FAST_DEC_LOOP bug fixes include as well.
>> 1. fixed read-after input in LZ4_decompress_safe() (issue 681)
>> 2. Fix out-of-bound read in LZ4_decompress_fast() (issue 676)
>>
>> PS2:
>> 1. Move common API to lz4defs.h
>> 2. Add PPC related inline Macro defination.
>> 3. Force inline new static apis.
>>
>> Here is the test result on ARM64(cortex-A53)
>> Benchmark via ZRAM:
>>
>> Test case:
>> taskset 03 /data/fio --bs=32k --randrepeat=1 --randseed=100 --refill_buffers \
>> --buffer_compress_percentage=75 --size=700M \
>> --scramble_buffers=1 --direct=1 --loops=100 --numjobs=1 \
>> --filename=/data/test/test --name=seq-read --rw=read --stonewall
>>
>> Patched:
>> READ: bw=150MiB/s (157MB/s)
>> Vanilla:
>> READ: bw=135MiB/s (142MB/s)
>>
>> [1] https://github.com/lz4/lz4/releases/tag/v1.9.0
>>
>> Signed-off-by: chenxi.mao <chenxi.mao@xxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>
> It's perferred to move all changelogs here if you don't want these changelog
> as a part of commit and there are some patches which can be referenced:
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/
>
> Thanks,
> Gao Xiang
>
>> lib/lz4/lz4_compress.c | 4 +-
>> lib/lz4/lz4_decompress.c | 397 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
>> lib/lz4/lz4defs.h | 60 +++++-
>> lib/lz4/lz4hc_compress.c | 2 +-
>> 4 files changed, 392 insertions(+), 71 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/lib/lz4/lz4_compress.c b/lib/lz4/lz4_compress.c
>> index cc7b6d4cc7c7..b703ed1ca57d 100644
>> --- a/lib/lz4/lz4_compress.c
>> +++ b/lib/lz4/lz4_compress.c
>> @@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ static FORCE_INLINE int LZ4_compress_generic(
>> *token = (BYTE)(litLength << ML_BITS);
>>
>> /* Copy Literals */
>> - LZ4_wildCopy(op, anchor, op + litLength);
>> + LZ4_wildCopy8(op, anchor, op + litLength);
>> op += litLength;
>> }
>>
>> @@ -628,7 +628,7 @@ static int LZ4_compress_destSize_generic(
>> *token = (BYTE)(litLength << ML_BITS);
>>
>> /* Copy Literals */
>> - LZ4_wildCopy(op, anchor, op + litLength);
>> + LZ4_wildCopy8(op, anchor, op + litLength);
>> op += litLength;
>> }
>>
>> diff --git a/lib/lz4/lz4_decompress.c b/lib/lz4/lz4_decompress.c
>> index 0c9d3ad17e0f..8622922304c3 100644
>> --- a/lib/lz4/lz4_decompress.c
>> +++ b/lib/lz4/lz4_decompress.c
>> @@ -50,6 +50,96 @@
>> #define assert(condition) ((void)0)
>> #endif
>>
>> +#ifndef LZ4_FAST_DEC_LOOP
>> +#if defined(__i386__) || defined(__x86_64__)
>> +#define LZ4_FAST_DEC_LOOP 1
>> +#elif defined(__aarch64__) && !defined(__clang__)
>> + /* On aarch64, we disable this optimization for clang because on certain
>> + * mobile chipsets and clang, it reduces performance. For more information
>> + * refer to https://github.com/lz4/lz4/pull/707. */
>> +#define LZ4_FAST_DEC_LOOP 1
>> +#else
>> +#define LZ4_FAST_DEC_LOOP 0
>> +#endif
>> +#endif
>> +
>> +#if LZ4_FAST_DEC_LOOP
>> +#define FASTLOOP_SAFE_DISTANCE 64
>> +FORCE_O2_INLINE_GCC_PPC64LE void
>> +LZ4_memcpy_using_offset_base(BYTE * dstPtr, const BYTE * srcPtr, BYTE * dstEnd,
>> + const size_t offset)
>> +{
>> + if (offset < 8) {
>> + dstPtr[0] = srcPtr[0];
>> +
>> + dstPtr[1] = srcPtr[1];
>> + dstPtr[2] = srcPtr[2];
>> + dstPtr[3] = srcPtr[3];
>> + srcPtr += inc32table[offset];
>> + memcpy(dstPtr + 4, srcPtr, 4);
>> + srcPtr -= dec64table[offset];
>> + dstPtr += 8;
>> + } else {
>> + memcpy(dstPtr, srcPtr, 8);
>> + dstPtr += 8;
>> + srcPtr += 8;
>> + }
>> +
>> + LZ4_wildCopy8(dstPtr, srcPtr, dstEnd);
>> +}
>> +
>> +/* customized variant of memcpy, which can overwrite up to 32 bytes beyond dstEnd
>> + * this version copies two times 16 bytes (instead of one time 32 bytes)
>> + * because it must be compatible with offsets >= 16. */
>> +FORCE_O2_INLINE_GCC_PPC64LE void
>> +LZ4_wildCopy32(void *dstPtr, const void *srcPtr, void *dstEnd)
>> +{
>> + BYTE *d = (BYTE *) dstPtr;
>> + const BYTE *s = (const BYTE *)srcPtr;
>> + BYTE *const e = (BYTE *) dstEnd;
>> +
>> + do {
>> + memcpy(d, s, 16);
>> + memcpy(d + 16, s + 16, 16);
>> + d += 32;
>> + s += 32;
>> + } while (d < e);
>> +}
>> +
>> +FORCE_O2_INLINE_GCC_PPC64LE void
>> +LZ4_memcpy_using_offset(BYTE *dstPtr, const BYTE *srcPtr, BYTE *dstEnd,
>> + const size_t offset)
>> +{
>> + BYTE v[8];
>> + switch (offset) {
>> +
>> + case 1:
>> + memset(v, *srcPtr, 8);
>> + goto copy_loop;
>> + case 2:
>> + memcpy(v, srcPtr, 2);
>> + memcpy(&v[2], srcPtr, 2);
>> + memcpy(&v[4], &v[0], 4);
>> + goto copy_loop;
>> + case 4:
>> + memcpy(v, srcPtr, 4);
>> + memcpy(&v[4], srcPtr, 4);
>> + goto copy_loop;
>> + default:
>> + LZ4_memcpy_using_offset_base(dstPtr, srcPtr, dstEnd, offset);
>> + return;
>> + }
>> +
>> + copy_loop:
>> + memcpy(dstPtr, v, 8);
>> + dstPtr += 8;
>> + while (dstPtr < dstEnd) {
>> + memcpy(dstPtr, v, 8);
>> + dstPtr += 8;
>> + }
>> +}
>> +#endif
>> +
>> /*
>> * LZ4_decompress_generic() :
>> * This generic decompression function covers all use cases.
>> @@ -80,25 +170,28 @@ static FORCE_INLINE int LZ4_decompress_generic(
>> const size_t dictSize
>> )
>> {
>> - const BYTE *ip = (const BYTE *) src;
>> - const BYTE * const iend = ip + srcSize;
>> + const BYTE *ip = (const BYTE *)src;
>> + const BYTE *const iend = ip + srcSize;
>>
>> BYTE *op = (BYTE *) dst;
>> - BYTE * const oend = op + outputSize;
>> + BYTE *const oend = op + outputSize;
>> BYTE *cpy;
>>
>> - const BYTE * const dictEnd = (const BYTE *)dictStart + dictSize;
>> - static const unsigned int inc32table[8] = {0, 1, 2, 1, 0, 4, 4, 4};
>> - static const int dec64table[8] = {0, 0, 0, -1, -4, 1, 2, 3};
>> + const BYTE *const dictEnd = (const BYTE *)dictStart + dictSize;
>>
>> const int safeDecode = (endOnInput == endOnInputSize);
>> const int checkOffset = ((safeDecode) && (dictSize < (int)(64 * KB)));
>>
>> /* Set up the "end" pointers for the shortcut. */
>> const BYTE *const shortiend = iend -
>> - (endOnInput ? 14 : 8) /*maxLL*/ - 2 /*offset*/;
>> + (endOnInput ? 14 : 8) /*maxLL*/ - 2 /*offset*/;
>> const BYTE *const shortoend = oend -
>> - (endOnInput ? 14 : 8) /*maxLL*/ - 18 /*maxML*/;
>> + (endOnInput ? 14 : 8) /*maxLL*/ - 18 /*maxML*/;
>> +
>> + const BYTE *match;
>> + size_t offset;
>> + unsigned int token;
>> + size_t length;
>>
>> DEBUGLOG(5, "%s (srcSize:%i, dstSize:%i)", __func__,
>> srcSize, outputSize);
>> @@ -117,15 +210,195 @@ static FORCE_INLINE int LZ4_decompress_generic(
>> if ((endOnInput) && unlikely(srcSize == 0))
>> return -1;
>>
>> - /* Main Loop : decode sequences */
>> +#if LZ4_FAST_DEC_LOOP
>> + if ((oend - op) < FASTLOOP_SAFE_DISTANCE) {
>> + DEBUGLOG(6, "skip fast decode loop");
>> + goto safe_decode;
>> + }
>> +
>> + /* Fast loop : decode sequences as long as output < iend-FASTLOOP_SAFE_DISTANCE */
>> while (1) {
>> - size_t length;
>> - const BYTE *match;
>> - size_t offset;
>> + /* Main fastloop assertion: We can always wildcopy FASTLOOP_SAFE_DISTANCE */
>> + assert(oend - op >= FASTLOOP_SAFE_DISTANCE);
>> + if (endOnInput) {
>> + assert(ip < iend);
>> + }
>> + token = *ip++;
>> + length = token >> ML_BITS; /* literal length */
>> +
>> + assert(!endOnInput || ip <= iend); /* ip < iend before the increment */
>> +
>> + /* decode literal length */
>> + if (length == RUN_MASK) {
>> + variable_length_error error = ok;
>> + length +=
>> + read_variable_length(&ip, iend - RUN_MASK,
>> + endOnInput, endOnInput,
>> + &error);
>> + if (error == initial_error) {
>> + goto _output_error;
>> + }
>> + if ((safeDecode)
>> + && unlikely((uptrval) (op) + length <
>> + (uptrval) (op))) {
>> + goto _output_error;
>> + } /* overflow detection */
>> + if ((safeDecode)
>> + && unlikely((uptrval) (ip) + length <
>> + (uptrval) (ip))) {
>> + goto _output_error;
>> + }
>>
>> - /* get literal length */
>> - unsigned int const token = *ip++;
>> - length = token>>ML_BITS;
>> + /* overflow detection */
>> + /* copy literals */
>> + cpy = op + length;
>> + LZ4_STATIC_ASSERT(MFLIMIT >= WILDCOPYLENGTH);
>> + if (endOnInput) { /* LZ4_decompress_safe() */
>> + if ((cpy > oend - 32)
>> + || (ip + length > iend - 32)) {
>> + goto safe_literal_copy;
>> + }
>> + LZ4_wildCopy32(op, ip, cpy);
>> + } else { /* LZ4_decompress_fast() */
>> + if (cpy > oend - 8) {
>> + goto safe_literal_copy;
>> + }
>> + LZ4_wildCopy8(op, ip, cpy);
>> + /* LZ4_decompress_fast() cannot copy more than 8 bytes at a time */
>> + /* it doesn't know input length, and only relies on end-of-block */
>> + /* properties */
>> + }
>> + ip += length;
>> + op = cpy;
>> + } else {
>> + cpy = op + length;
>> + if (endOnInput) { /* LZ4_decompress_safe() */
>> + DEBUGLOG(7,
>> + "copy %u bytes in a 16-bytes stripe",
>> + (unsigned)length);
>> + /* We don't need to check oend */
>> + /* since we check it once for each loop below */
>> + if (ip > iend - (16 + 1)) { /*max lit + offset + nextToken */
>> + goto safe_literal_copy;
>> + }
>> + /* Literals can only be 14, but hope compilers optimize */
>> + /*if we copy by a register size */
>> + memcpy(op, ip, 16);
>> + } else {
>> + /* LZ4_decompress_fast() cannot copy more than 8 bytes at a time */
>> + /* it doesn't know input length, and relies on end-of-block */
>> + /* properties */
>> + memcpy(op, ip, 8);
>> + if (length > 8) {
>> + memcpy(op + 8, ip + 8, 8);
>> + }
>> + }
>> + ip += length;
>> + op = cpy;
>> + }
>> +
>> + /* get offset */
>> + offset = LZ4_readLE16(ip);
>> + ip += 2; /* end-of-block condition violated */
>> + match = op - offset;
>> +
>> + /* get matchlength */
>> + length = token & ML_MASK;
>> +
>> + if ((checkOffset) && (unlikely(match + dictSize < lowPrefix))) {
>> + goto _output_error;
>> + }
>> + /* Error : offset outside buffers */
>> + if (length == ML_MASK) {
>> + variable_length_error error = ok;
>> + length +=
>> + read_variable_length(&ip, iend - LASTLITERALS + 1,
>> + endOnInput, 0, &error);
>> + if (error != ok) {
>> + goto _output_error;
>> + }
>> + if ((safeDecode)
>> + && unlikely((uptrval) (op) + length < (uptrval) op)) {
>> + goto _output_error;
>> + } /* overflow detection */
>> + length += MINMATCH;
>> + if (op + length >= oend - FASTLOOP_SAFE_DISTANCE) {
>> + goto safe_match_copy;
>> + }
>> + } else {
>> + length += MINMATCH;
>> + if (op + length >= oend - FASTLOOP_SAFE_DISTANCE) {
>> + goto safe_match_copy;
>> + }
>> +
>> + /* Fastpath check: Avoids a branch in LZ4_wildCopy32 if true */
>> + if (!(dict == usingExtDict) || (match >= lowPrefix)) {
>> + if (offset >= 8) {
>> + memcpy(op, match, 8);
>> + memcpy(op + 8, match + 8, 8);
>> + memcpy(op + 16, match + 16, 2);
>> + op += length;
>> + continue;
>> + }
>> + }
>> + }
>> +
>> + /* match starting within external dictionary */
>> + if ((dict == usingExtDict) && (match < lowPrefix)) {
>> + if (unlikely(op + length > oend - LASTLITERALS)) {
>> + if (partialDecoding) {
>> + /* reach end of buffer */
>> + length =
>> + min(length, (size_t) (oend - op));
>> + } else {
>> + /* end-of-block condition violated */
>> + goto _output_error;
>> + }
>> + }
>> +
>> + if (length <= (size_t) (lowPrefix - match)) {
>> + /* match fits entirely within external dictionary : just copy */
>> + memmove(op, dictEnd - (lowPrefix - match),
>> + length);
>> + op += length;
>> + } else {
>> + /* match stretches into both external dict and current block */
>> + size_t const copySize =
>> + (size_t) (lowPrefix - match);
>> + size_t const restSize = length - copySize;
>> + memcpy(op, dictEnd - copySize, copySize);
>> + op += copySize;
>> + if (restSize > (size_t) (op - lowPrefix)) { /* overlap copy */
>> + BYTE *const endOfMatch = op + restSize;
>> + const BYTE *copyFrom = lowPrefix;
>> + while (op < endOfMatch) {
>> + *op++ = *copyFrom++;
>> + }
>> + } else {
>> + memcpy(op, lowPrefix, restSize);
>> + op += restSize;
>> + }
>> + }
>> + continue;
>> + }
>> +
>> + /* copy match within block */
>> + cpy = op + length;
>> +
>> + assert((op <= oend) && (oend - op >= 32));
>> + if (unlikely(offset < 16)) {
>> + LZ4_memcpy_using_offset(op, match, cpy, offset);
>> + } else {
>> + LZ4_wildCopy32(op, match, cpy);
>> + }
>> +
>> + op = cpy; /* wildcopy correction */
>> + }
>> + safe_decode:
>> +#endif
>> + /* Main Loop : decode sequences */
>> + while (1) {
>> + length = token >> ML_BITS;
>>
>> /* ip < iend before the increment */
>> assert(!endOnInput || ip <= iend);
>> @@ -143,26 +416,27 @@ static FORCE_INLINE int LZ4_decompress_generic(
>> * combined check for both stages).
>> */
>> if ((endOnInput ? length != RUN_MASK : length <= 8)
>> - /*
>> - * strictly "less than" on input, to re-enter
>> - * the loop with at least one byte
>> - */
>> - && likely((endOnInput ? ip < shortiend : 1) &
>> - (op <= shortoend))) {
>> + /*
>> + * strictly "less than" on input, to re-enter
>> + * the loop with at least one byte
>> + */
>> + && likely((endOnInput ? ip < shortiend : 1) &
>> + (op <= shortoend))) {
>> /* Copy the literals */
>> memcpy(op, ip, endOnInput ? 16 : 8);
>> - op += length; ip += length;
>> + op += length;
>> + ip += length;
>>
>> /*
>> * The second stage:
>> * prepare for match copying, decode full info.
>> * If it doesn't work out, the info won't be wasted.
>> */
>> - length = token & ML_MASK; /* match length */
>> + length = token & ML_MASK; /* match length */
>> offset = LZ4_readLE16(ip);
>> ip += 2;
>> match = op - offset;
>> - assert(match <= op); /* check overflow */
>> + assert(match <= op); /* check overflow */
>>
>> /* Do not deal with overlapping matches. */
>> if ((length != ML_MASK) &&
>> @@ -187,28 +461,24 @@ static FORCE_INLINE int LZ4_decompress_generic(
>>
>> /* decode literal length */
>> if (length == RUN_MASK) {
>> - unsigned int s;
>>
>> - if (unlikely(endOnInput ? ip >= iend - RUN_MASK : 0)) {
>> - /* overflow detection */
>> + variable_length_error error = ok;
>> + length +=
>> + read_variable_length(&ip, iend - RUN_MASK,
>> + endOnInput, endOnInput,
>> + &error);
>> + if (error == initial_error)
>> goto _output_error;
>> - }
>> - do {
>> - s = *ip++;
>> - length += s;
>> - } while (likely(endOnInput
>> - ? ip < iend - RUN_MASK
>> - : 1) & (s == 255));
>>
>> if ((safeDecode)
>> - && unlikely((uptrval)(op) +
>> - length < (uptrval)(op))) {
>> + && unlikely((uptrval) (op) +
>> + length < (uptrval) (op))) {
>> /* overflow detection */
>> goto _output_error;
>> }
>> if ((safeDecode)
>> - && unlikely((uptrval)(ip) +
>> - length < (uptrval)(ip))) {
>> + && unlikely((uptrval) (ip) +
>> + length < (uptrval) (ip))) {
>> /* overflow detection */
>> goto _output_error;
>> }
>> @@ -216,11 +486,15 @@ static FORCE_INLINE int LZ4_decompress_generic(
>>
>> /* copy literals */
>> cpy = op + length;
>> +#if LZ4_FAST_DEC_LOOP
>> + safe_literal_copy:
>> +#endif
>> LZ4_STATIC_ASSERT(MFLIMIT >= WILDCOPYLENGTH);
>>
>> if (((endOnInput) && ((cpy > oend - MFLIMIT)
>> - || (ip + length > iend - (2 + 1 + LASTLITERALS))))
>> - || ((!endOnInput) && (cpy > oend - WILDCOPYLENGTH))) {
>> + || (ip + length >
>> + iend - (2 + 1 + LASTLITERALS))))
>> + || ((!endOnInput) && (cpy > oend - WILDCOPYLENGTH))) {
>> if (partialDecoding) {
>> if (cpy > oend) {
>> /*
>> @@ -231,7 +505,7 @@ static FORCE_INLINE int LZ4_decompress_generic(
>> length = oend - op;
>> }
>> if ((endOnInput)
>> - && (ip + length > iend)) {
>> + && (ip + length > iend)) {
>> /*
>> * Error :
>> * read attempt beyond
>> @@ -241,7 +515,7 @@ static FORCE_INLINE int LZ4_decompress_generic(
>> }
>> } else {
>> if ((!endOnInput)
>> - && (cpy != oend)) {
>> + && (cpy != oend)) {
>> /*
>> * Error :
>> * block decoding must
>> @@ -250,7 +524,7 @@ static FORCE_INLINE int LZ4_decompress_generic(
>> goto _output_error;
>> }
>> if ((endOnInput)
>> - && ((ip + length != iend)
>> + && ((ip + length != iend)
>> || (cpy > oend))) {
>> /*
>> * Error :
>> @@ -269,7 +543,7 @@ static FORCE_INLINE int LZ4_decompress_generic(
>> break;
>> } else {
>> /* may overwrite up to WILDCOPYLENGTH beyond cpy */
>> - LZ4_wildCopy(op, ip, cpy);
>> + LZ4_wildCopy8(op, ip, cpy);
>> ip += length;
>> op = cpy;
>> }
>> @@ -288,29 +562,14 @@ static FORCE_INLINE int LZ4_decompress_generic(
>> goto _output_error;
>> }
>>
>> - /* costs ~1%; silence an msan warning when offset == 0 */
>> - /*
>> - * note : when partialDecoding, there is no guarantee that
>> - * at least 4 bytes remain available in output buffer
>> - */
>> - if (!partialDecoding) {
>> - assert(oend > op);
>> - assert(oend - op >= 4);
>> -
>> - LZ4_write32(op, (U32)offset);
>> - }
>> -
>> if (length == ML_MASK) {
>> - unsigned int s;
>> -
>> - do {
>> - s = *ip++;
>> -
>> - if ((endOnInput) && (ip > iend - LASTLITERALS))
>> - goto _output_error;
>>
>> - length += s;
>> - } while (s == 255);
>> + variable_length_error error = ok;
>> + length +=
>> + read_variable_length(&ip, iend - LASTLITERALS + 1,
>> + endOnInput, 0, &error);
>> + if (error != ok)
>> + goto _output_error;
>>
>> if ((safeDecode)
>> && unlikely(
>> @@ -322,6 +581,10 @@ static FORCE_INLINE int LZ4_decompress_generic(
>>
>> length += MINMATCH;
>>
>> +#if LZ4_FAST_DEC_LOOP
>> +safe_match_copy:
>> +#endif
>> +
>> /* match starting within external dictionary */
>> if ((dict == usingExtDict) && (match < lowPrefix)) {
>> if (unlikely(op + length > oend - LASTLITERALS)) {
>> @@ -418,7 +681,7 @@ static FORCE_INLINE int LZ4_decompress_generic(
>> }
>>
>> if (op < oCopyLimit) {
>> - LZ4_wildCopy(op, match, oCopyLimit);
>> + LZ4_wildCopy8(op, match, oCopyLimit);
>> match += oCopyLimit - op;
>> op = oCopyLimit;
>> }
>> @@ -427,7 +690,7 @@ static FORCE_INLINE int LZ4_decompress_generic(
>> } else {
>> LZ4_copy8(op, match);
>> if (length > 16)
>> - LZ4_wildCopy(op + 8, match + 8, cpy);
>> + LZ4_wildCopy8(op + 8, match + 8, cpy);
>> }
>> op = cpy; /* wildcopy correction */
>> }
>> diff --git a/lib/lz4/lz4defs.h b/lib/lz4/lz4defs.h
>> index 1a7fa9d9170f..4cc17cf589ed 100644
>> --- a/lib/lz4/lz4defs.h
>> +++ b/lib/lz4/lz4defs.h
>> @@ -40,6 +40,28 @@
>>
>> #define FORCE_INLINE __always_inline
>>
>> +/* LZ4_FORCE_O2_GCC_PPC64LE and LZ4_FORCE_O2_INLINE_GCC_PPC64LE
>> + * gcc on ppc64le generates an unrolled SIMDized loop for LZ4_wildCopy8,
>> + * together with a simple 8-byte copy loop as a fall-back path.
>> + * However, this optimization hurts the decompression speed by >30%,
>> + * because the execution does not go to the optimized loop
>> + * for typical compressible data, and all of the preamble checks
>> + * before going to the fall-back path become useless overhead.
>> + * This optimization happens only with the -O3 flag, and -O2 generates
>> + * a simple 8-byte copy loop.
>> + * With gcc on ppc64le, all of the LZ4_decompress_* and LZ4_wildCopy8
>> + * functions are annotated with __attribute__((optimize("O2"))),
>> + * and also LZ4_wildCopy8 is forcibly inlined, so that the O2 attribute
>> + * of LZ4_wildCopy8 does not affect the compression speed.
>> + */
>> +#if defined(__PPC64__) && defined(__LITTLE_ENDIAN__) && defined(__GNUC__) && !defined(__clang__)
>> +# define FORCE_O2_GCC_PPC64LE __attribute__((optimize("O2")))
>> +# define FORCE_O2_INLINE_GCC_PPC64LE (__attribute__((optimize("O2"))) FORCE_INLINE)
>> +#else
>> +# define FORCE_O2_GCC_PPC64LE FORCE_INLINE
>> +# define FORCE_O2_INLINE_GCC_PPC64LE FORCE_INLINE
>> +#endif
>> +
>> /*-************************************
>> * Basic Types
>> **************************************/
>> @@ -99,6 +121,9 @@ typedef uintptr_t uptrval;
>> #define RUN_BITS (8 - ML_BITS)
>> #define RUN_MASK ((1U << RUN_BITS) - 1)
>>
>> +static const unsigned inc32table[8] = { 0, 1, 2, 1, 0, 4, 4, 4 };
>> +static const int dec64table[8] = { 0, 0, 0, -1, -4, 1, 2, 3 };
>> +
>> /*-************************************
>> * Reading and writing into memory
>> **************************************/
>> @@ -156,7 +181,7 @@ static FORCE_INLINE void LZ4_copy8(void *dst, const void *src)
>> * customized variant of memcpy,
>> * which can overwrite up to 7 bytes beyond dstEnd
>> */
>> -static FORCE_INLINE void LZ4_wildCopy(void *dstPtr,
>> +static FORCE_O2_INLINE_GCC_PPC64LE void LZ4_wildCopy8(void *dstPtr,
>> const void *srcPtr, void *dstEnd)
>> {
>> BYTE *d = (BYTE *)dstPtr;
>> @@ -220,6 +245,39 @@ static FORCE_INLINE unsigned int LZ4_count(
>> return (unsigned int)(pIn - pStart);
>> }
>>
>> +/* Read the variable-length literal or match length.
>> + *
>> + * ip - pointer to use as input.
>> + * lencheck - end ip. Return an error if ip advances >= lencheck.
>> + * loop_check - check ip >= lencheck in body of loop. Returns loop_error if so.
>> + * initial_check - check ip >= lencheck before start of loop. Returns initial_error if so.
>> + * error (output) - error code. Should be set to 0 before call.
>> + */
>> +typedef enum { loop_error = -2, initial_error = -1, ok = 0} variable_length_error;
>> +static FORCE_INLINE unsigned read_variable_length(const BYTE **ip,
>> + const BYTE *lencheck,
>> + int loop_check, int initial_check,
>> + variable_length_error *error)
>> +{
>> + unsigned length = 0;
>> + unsigned s;
>> + if (initial_check && unlikely((*ip) >= lencheck)) { /* overflow detection */
>> + *error = initial_error;
>> + return length;
>> + }
>> + do {
>> + s = **ip;
>> + (*ip)++;
>> + length += s;
>> + if (loop_check && unlikely((*ip) >= lencheck)) { /* overflow detection */
>> + *error = loop_error;
>> + return length;
>> + }
>> + } while (s == 255);
>> +
>> + return length;
>> +}
>> +
>> typedef enum { noLimit = 0, limitedOutput = 1 } limitedOutput_directive;
>> typedef enum { byPtr, byU32, byU16 } tableType_t;
>>
>> diff --git a/lib/lz4/lz4hc_compress.c b/lib/lz4/lz4hc_compress.c
>> index 176f03b83e56..e02e041a01d9 100644
>> --- a/lib/lz4/lz4hc_compress.c
>> +++ b/lib/lz4/lz4hc_compress.c
>> @@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ static FORCE_INLINE int LZ4HC_encodeSequence(
>> *token = (BYTE)(length<<ML_BITS);
>>
>> /* Copy Literals */
>> - LZ4_wildCopy(*op, *anchor, (*op) + length);
>> + LZ4_wildCopy8(*op, *anchor, (*op) + length);
>> *op += length;
>>
>> /* Encode Offset */
>>