2018-05-28 13:19:50

by Christophe Leroy

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Subject: [PATCH v5 0/3] powerpc/lib: Optimisation of memcmp() and __clear_user() for PPC32

This serie intends to optimise memcmp() and __clear_user() for PPC32
in the same spirit as already done on PPC64.

The first patch moves PPC32 specific functions from string.S into
a dedicated file named string_32.S
The second patch rewrites __clear_user() by using dcbz intruction
The third patch rewrites memcmp() to compare 32 bits words instead
of comparing byte per byte.

As shown in each individual commit log, second and third patches
provide significant improvment.

Changes in v5:
- Removed the handling of Little Endian, as PPC32 kernel only support Big Endian
at the time being, and because unaligned accesses should be handled differently
in LE.

Changes in v4:
- In memcmp(), dropped the special handling for when length is 0. Handling it
through the small length path.

Changes in v3:
- Fixed the sign of the result returned by memcmp() by using a logical
comparison of u32 words and returning -1, 0 or 1 instead of doing a substract.
- In first patch, replaced PPC_LCMPI by cmpwi
- Fixed licence in string_32.S
- Removed the two last patches from the serie. They will be handled later as
they require further tests and analysis to properly identify their real benefit
in all possible cases.

Changes in v2:
- Moved out the patch removing the hot loop alignment on PPC32
- Squashed the changes related to NUL size verification in a single patch
- Reordered the patches in a more logical order
- Modified the inlining patch to avoid warning about impossibility to version symbols.


Christophe Leroy (3):
powerpc/lib: move PPC32 specific functions out of string.S
powerpc/lib: optimise 32 bits __clear_user()
powerpc/lib: optimise PPC32 memcmp

arch/powerpc/lib/Makefile | 5 +-
arch/powerpc/lib/string.S | 61 ---------------------
arch/powerpc/lib/string_32.S | 124 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 127 insertions(+), 63 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 arch/powerpc/lib/string_32.S

--
2.13.3



2018-05-28 10:50:33

by Christophe Leroy

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Subject: [PATCH v5 2/3] powerpc/lib: optimise 32 bits __clear_user()

Rewrite clear_user() on the same principle as memset(0), making use
of dcbz to clear complete cache lines.

This code is a copy/paste of memset(), with some modifications
in order to retrieve remaining number of bytes to be cleared,
as it needs to be returned in case of error.

On a MPC885, throughput is almost doubled:

Before:
~# dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/null bs=1M count=1000
1048576000 bytes (1000.0MB) copied, 18.990779 seconds, 52.7MB/s

After:
~# dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/null bs=1M count=1000
1048576000 bytes (1000.0MB) copied, 9.611468 seconds, 104.0MB/s

On a MPC8321, throughput is multiplied by 2.12:

Before:
root@vgoippro:~# dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/null bs=1M count=1000
1048576000 bytes (1000.0MB) copied, 6.844352 seconds, 146.1MB/s

After:
root@vgoippro:~# dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/null bs=1M count=1000
1048576000 bytes (1000.0MB) copied, 3.218854 seconds, 310.7MB/s

Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <[email protected]>
---
arch/powerpc/lib/string_32.S | 85 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/lib/string_32.S b/arch/powerpc/lib/string_32.S
index 204db8a834fd..40a576d56ac7 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/lib/string_32.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/lib/string_32.S
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
#include <asm/errno.h>
#include <asm/ppc_asm.h>
#include <asm/export.h>
+#include <asm/cache.h>

.text

@@ -29,44 +30,78 @@ _GLOBAL(memcmp)
blr
EXPORT_SYMBOL(memcmp)

+CACHELINE_BYTES = L1_CACHE_BYTES
+LG_CACHELINE_BYTES = L1_CACHE_SHIFT
+CACHELINE_MASK = (L1_CACHE_BYTES-1)
+
_GLOBAL(__clear_user)
- addi r6,r3,-4
- li r3,0
- li r5,0
- cmplwi 0,r4,4
+/*
+ * Use dcbz on the complete cache lines in the destination
+ * to set them to zero. This requires that the destination
+ * area is cacheable.
+ */
+ cmplwi cr0, r4, 4
+ mr r10, r3
+ li r3, 0
blt 7f
- /* clear a single word */
-11: stwu r5,4(r6)
+
+11: stw r3, 0(r10)
beqlr
- /* clear word sized chunks */
- andi. r0,r6,3
- add r4,r0,r4
- subf r6,r0,r6
- srwi r0,r4,2
- andi. r4,r4,3
+ andi. r0, r10, 3
+ add r11, r0, r4
+ subf r6, r0, r10
+
+ clrlwi r7, r6, 32 - LG_CACHELINE_BYTES
+ add r8, r7, r11
+ srwi r9, r8, LG_CACHELINE_BYTES
+ addic. r9, r9, -1 /* total number of complete cachelines */
+ ble 2f
+ xori r0, r7, CACHELINE_MASK & ~3
+ srwi. r0, r0, 2
+ beq 3f
+ mtctr r0
+4: stwu r3, 4(r6)
+ bdnz 4b
+3: mtctr r9
+ li r7, 4
+10: dcbz r7, r6
+ addi r6, r6, CACHELINE_BYTES
+ bdnz 10b
+ clrlwi r11, r8, 32 - LG_CACHELINE_BYTES
+ addi r11, r11, 4
+
+2: srwi r0 ,r11 ,2
mtctr r0
- bdz 7f
-1: stwu r5,4(r6)
+ bdz 6f
+1: stwu r3, 4(r6)
bdnz 1b
- /* clear byte sized chunks */
-7: cmpwi 0,r4,0
+6: andi. r11, r11, 3
beqlr
- mtctr r4
- addi r6,r6,3
-8: stbu r5,1(r6)
+ mtctr r11
+ addi r6, r6, 3
+8: stbu r3, 1(r6)
bdnz 8b
blr
-90: mr r3,r4
+
+7: cmpwi cr0, r4, 0
+ beqlr
+ mtctr r4
+ addi r6, r10, -1
+9: stbu r3, 1(r6)
+ bdnz 9b
blr
-91: mfctr r3
- slwi r3,r3,2
- add r3,r3,r4
+
+90: mr r3, r4
blr
-92: mfctr r3
+91: add r3, r10, r4
+ subf r3, r6, r3
blr

EX_TABLE(11b, 90b)
+ EX_TABLE(4b, 91b)
+ EX_TABLE(10b, 91b)
EX_TABLE(1b, 91b)
- EX_TABLE(8b, 92b)
+ EX_TABLE(8b, 91b)
+ EX_TABLE(9b, 91b)

EXPORT_SYMBOL(__clear_user)
--
2.13.3


2018-05-28 10:50:39

by Christophe Leroy

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Subject: [PATCH v5 3/3] powerpc/lib: optimise PPC32 memcmp

At the time being, memcmp() compares two chunks of memory
byte per byte.

This patch optimises the comparison by comparing word by word.

A small benchmark performed on an 8xx comparing two chuncks
of 512 bytes performed 100000 times gives:

Before : 5852274 TB ticks
After: 1488638 TB ticks

This is almost 4 times faster

Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <[email protected]>
---
arch/powerpc/lib/string_32.S | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/lib/string_32.S b/arch/powerpc/lib/string_32.S
index 40a576d56ac7..4fbaa046aa84 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/lib/string_32.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/lib/string_32.S
@@ -16,17 +16,34 @@
.text

_GLOBAL(memcmp)
- cmpwi cr0, r5, 0
- beq- 2f
- mtctr r5
- addi r6,r3,-1
- addi r4,r4,-1
-1: lbzu r3,1(r6)
- lbzu r0,1(r4)
- subf. r3,r0,r3
- bdnzt 2,1b
+ srawi. r7, r5, 2 /* Divide len by 4 */
+ mr r6, r3
+ beq- 3f
+ mtctr r7
+ li r7, 0
+1: lwzx r3, r6, r7
+ lwzx r0, r4, r7
+ addi r7, r7, 4
+ cmplw cr0, r3, r0
+ bdnzt eq, 1b
+ bne 5f
+3: andi. r3, r5, 3
+ beqlr
+ cmplwi cr1, r3, 2
+ blt- cr1, 4f
+ lhzx r3, r6, r7
+ lhzx r0, r4, r7
+ addi r7, r7, 2
+ subf. r3, r0, r3
+ beqlr cr1
+ bnelr
+4: lbzx r3, r6, r7
+ lbzx r0, r4, r7
+ subf. r3, r0, r3
blr
-2: li r3,0
+5: li r3, 1
+ bgtlr
+ li r3, -1
blr
EXPORT_SYMBOL(memcmp)

--
2.13.3


2018-05-28 13:18:21

by Christophe Leroy

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Subject: [PATCH v5 1/3] powerpc/lib: move PPC32 specific functions out of string.S

In preparation of optimisation patches, move PPC32 specific
memcmp() and __clear_user() into string_32.S

Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <[email protected]>
---
arch/powerpc/lib/Makefile | 5 +--
arch/powerpc/lib/string.S | 61 -------------------------------------
arch/powerpc/lib/string_32.S | 72 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 75 insertions(+), 63 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 arch/powerpc/lib/string_32.S

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/lib/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/lib/Makefile
index 653901042ad7..2c9b8c0adf22 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/lib/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/lib/Makefile
@@ -26,13 +26,14 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3S_64) += copyuser_power7.o copypage_power7.o \
memcpy_power7.o

obj64-y += copypage_64.o copyuser_64.o mem_64.o hweight_64.o \
- string_64.o memcpy_64.o memcmp_64.o pmem.o
+ memcpy_64.o memcmp_64.o pmem.o

obj64-$(CONFIG_SMP) += locks.o
obj64-$(CONFIG_ALTIVEC) += vmx-helper.o
obj64-$(CONFIG_KPROBES_SANITY_TEST) += test_emulate_step.o

-obj-y += checksum_$(BITS).o checksum_wrappers.o
+obj-y += checksum_$(BITS).o checksum_wrappers.o \
+ string_$(BITS).o

obj-y += sstep.o ldstfp.o quad.o
obj64-y += quad.o
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/lib/string.S b/arch/powerpc/lib/string.S
index 0378def28d41..b03c1a6861f4 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/lib/string.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/lib/string.S
@@ -56,23 +56,6 @@ _GLOBAL(strncmp)
blr
EXPORT_SYMBOL(strncmp)

-#ifdef CONFIG_PPC32
-_GLOBAL(memcmp)
- PPC_LCMPI 0,r5,0
- beq- 2f
- mtctr r5
- addi r6,r3,-1
- addi r4,r4,-1
-1: lbzu r3,1(r6)
- lbzu r0,1(r4)
- subf. r3,r0,r3
- bdnzt 2,1b
- blr
-2: li r3,0
- blr
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(memcmp)
-#endif
-
_GLOBAL(memchr)
PPC_LCMPI 0,r5,0
beq- 2f
@@ -86,47 +69,3 @@ _GLOBAL(memchr)
2: li r3,0
blr
EXPORT_SYMBOL(memchr)
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_PPC32
-_GLOBAL(__clear_user)
- addi r6,r3,-4
- li r3,0
- li r5,0
- cmplwi 0,r4,4
- blt 7f
- /* clear a single word */
-11: stwu r5,4(r6)
- beqlr
- /* clear word sized chunks */
- andi. r0,r6,3
- add r4,r0,r4
- subf r6,r0,r6
- srwi r0,r4,2
- andi. r4,r4,3
- mtctr r0
- bdz 7f
-1: stwu r5,4(r6)
- bdnz 1b
- /* clear byte sized chunks */
-7: cmpwi 0,r4,0
- beqlr
- mtctr r4
- addi r6,r6,3
-8: stbu r5,1(r6)
- bdnz 8b
- blr
-90: mr r3,r4
- blr
-91: mfctr r3
- slwi r3,r3,2
- add r3,r3,r4
- blr
-92: mfctr r3
- blr
-
- EX_TABLE(11b, 90b)
- EX_TABLE(1b, 91b)
- EX_TABLE(8b, 92b)
-
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(__clear_user)
-#endif
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/lib/string_32.S b/arch/powerpc/lib/string_32.S
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..204db8a834fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/powerpc/lib/string_32.S
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+/*
+ * String handling functions for PowerPC32
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 1996 Paul Mackerras.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <asm/processor.h>
+#include <asm/errno.h>
+#include <asm/ppc_asm.h>
+#include <asm/export.h>
+
+ .text
+
+_GLOBAL(memcmp)
+ cmpwi cr0, r5, 0
+ beq- 2f
+ mtctr r5
+ addi r6,r3,-1
+ addi r4,r4,-1
+1: lbzu r3,1(r6)
+ lbzu r0,1(r4)
+ subf. r3,r0,r3
+ bdnzt 2,1b
+ blr
+2: li r3,0
+ blr
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(memcmp)
+
+_GLOBAL(__clear_user)
+ addi r6,r3,-4
+ li r3,0
+ li r5,0
+ cmplwi 0,r4,4
+ blt 7f
+ /* clear a single word */
+11: stwu r5,4(r6)
+ beqlr
+ /* clear word sized chunks */
+ andi. r0,r6,3
+ add r4,r0,r4
+ subf r6,r0,r6
+ srwi r0,r4,2
+ andi. r4,r4,3
+ mtctr r0
+ bdz 7f
+1: stwu r5,4(r6)
+ bdnz 1b
+ /* clear byte sized chunks */
+7: cmpwi 0,r4,0
+ beqlr
+ mtctr r4
+ addi r6,r6,3
+8: stbu r5,1(r6)
+ bdnz 8b
+ blr
+90: mr r3,r4
+ blr
+91: mfctr r3
+ slwi r3,r3,2
+ add r3,r3,r4
+ blr
+92: mfctr r3
+ blr
+
+ EX_TABLE(11b, 90b)
+ EX_TABLE(1b, 91b)
+ EX_TABLE(8b, 92b)
+
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__clear_user)
--
2.13.3


2018-05-29 20:05:09

by Mathieu Malaterre

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 3/3] powerpc/lib: optimise PPC32 memcmp

On Mon, May 28, 2018 at 12:49 PM, Christophe Leroy
<[email protected]> wrote:
> At the time being, memcmp() compares two chunks of memory
> byte per byte.
>
> This patch optimises the comparison by comparing word by word.
>
> A small benchmark performed on an 8xx comparing two chuncks
> of 512 bytes performed 100000 times gives:
>
> Before : 5852274 TB ticks
> After: 1488638 TB ticks
>
> This is almost 4 times faster
>
> Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <[email protected]>
> ---
> arch/powerpc/lib/string_32.S | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
> 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

Would it possible for you to move the actual code instead to:

./arch/powerpc/lib/memcmp_32.S

This will seat right next to memcmp_64.S implementation.

> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/lib/string_32.S b/arch/powerpc/lib/string_32.S
> index 40a576d56ac7..4fbaa046aa84 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/lib/string_32.S
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/lib/string_32.S
> @@ -16,17 +16,34 @@
> .text
>
> _GLOBAL(memcmp)
> - cmpwi cr0, r5, 0
> - beq- 2f
> - mtctr r5
> - addi r6,r3,-1
> - addi r4,r4,-1
> -1: lbzu r3,1(r6)
> - lbzu r0,1(r4)
> - subf. r3,r0,r3
> - bdnzt 2,1b
> + srawi. r7, r5, 2 /* Divide len by 4 */
> + mr r6, r3
> + beq- 3f
> + mtctr r7
> + li r7, 0
> +1: lwzx r3, r6, r7
> + lwzx r0, r4, r7
> + addi r7, r7, 4
> + cmplw cr0, r3, r0
> + bdnzt eq, 1b
> + bne 5f
> +3: andi. r3, r5, 3
> + beqlr
> + cmplwi cr1, r3, 2
> + blt- cr1, 4f
> + lhzx r3, r6, r7
> + lhzx r0, r4, r7
> + addi r7, r7, 2
> + subf. r3, r0, r3
> + beqlr cr1
> + bnelr
> +4: lbzx r3, r6, r7
> + lbzx r0, r4, r7
> + subf. r3, r0, r3
> blr
> -2: li r3,0
> +5: li r3, 1
> + bgtlr
> + li r3, -1
> blr
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(memcmp)
>
> --
> 2.13.3
>

2018-05-30 08:48:39

by Christophe Leroy

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 3/3] powerpc/lib: optimise PPC32 memcmp



Le 29/05/2018 à 22:03, Mathieu Malaterre a écrit :
> On Mon, May 28, 2018 at 12:49 PM, Christophe Leroy
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> At the time being, memcmp() compares two chunks of memory
>> byte per byte.
>>
>> This patch optimises the comparison by comparing word by word.
>>
>> A small benchmark performed on an 8xx comparing two chuncks
>> of 512 bytes performed 100000 times gives:
>>
>> Before : 5852274 TB ticks
>> After: 1488638 TB ticks
>>
>> This is almost 4 times faster
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <[email protected]>
>> ---
>> arch/powerpc/lib/string_32.S | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
>> 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>
> Would it possible for you to move the actual code instead to:
>
> ./arch/powerpc/lib/memcmp_32.S
>
> This will seat right next to memcmp_64.S implementation.

Good idea, thanks.
Done in v6

Christophe

>
>> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/lib/string_32.S b/arch/powerpc/lib/string_32.S
>> index 40a576d56ac7..4fbaa046aa84 100644
>> --- a/arch/powerpc/lib/string_32.S
>> +++ b/arch/powerpc/lib/string_32.S
>> @@ -16,17 +16,34 @@
>> .text
>>
>> _GLOBAL(memcmp)
>> - cmpwi cr0, r5, 0
>> - beq- 2f
>> - mtctr r5
>> - addi r6,r3,-1
>> - addi r4,r4,-1
>> -1: lbzu r3,1(r6)
>> - lbzu r0,1(r4)
>> - subf. r3,r0,r3
>> - bdnzt 2,1b
>> + srawi. r7, r5, 2 /* Divide len by 4 */
>> + mr r6, r3
>> + beq- 3f
>> + mtctr r7
>> + li r7, 0
>> +1: lwzx r3, r6, r7
>> + lwzx r0, r4, r7
>> + addi r7, r7, 4
>> + cmplw cr0, r3, r0
>> + bdnzt eq, 1b
>> + bne 5f
>> +3: andi. r3, r5, 3
>> + beqlr
>> + cmplwi cr1, r3, 2
>> + blt- cr1, 4f
>> + lhzx r3, r6, r7
>> + lhzx r0, r4, r7
>> + addi r7, r7, 2
>> + subf. r3, r0, r3
>> + beqlr cr1
>> + bnelr
>> +4: lbzx r3, r6, r7
>> + lbzx r0, r4, r7
>> + subf. r3, r0, r3
>> blr
>> -2: li r3,0
>> +5: li r3, 1
>> + bgtlr
>> + li r3, -1
>> blr
>> EXPORT_SYMBOL(memcmp)
>>
>> --
>> 2.13.3
>>