[PATCH] x86/APX: optimize MOVBE

Jan Beulich jbeulich@suse.com
Fri Jan 12 12:00:00 GMT 2024


With identical source and destination it can be covered by the NDD-to-
legacy conversion logic as well, even if in this case the original insn
doesn't use an NDD encoding. The size savings are even better here, for
the replacement (BSWAP) not having a ModR/M byte.

--- a/gas/config/tc-i386.c
+++ b/gas/config/tc-i386.c
@@ -7872,7 +7872,8 @@ match_template (char mnem_suffix)
 	  && t + 1 < current_templates.end
 	  && !t[1].opcode_modifier.evex
 	  && t[1].opcode_space <= SPACE_0F38
-	  && t->opcode_modifier.vexvvvv == VexVVVV_DST
+	  && (t->opcode_modifier.vexvvvv == VexVVVV_DST
+	      || t->mnem_off == MN_movbe)
 	  && (i.types[i.operands - 1].bitfield.dword
 	      || i.types[i.operands - 1].bitfield.qword))
 	{
--- a/gas/testsuite/gas/i386/x86-64-apx-ndd-optimize.d
+++ b/gas/testsuite/gas/i386/x86-64-apx-ndd-optimize.d
@@ -118,6 +118,9 @@ Disassembly of section .text:
 \s*[a-f0-9]+:\s*67 0f 4d 90 90 90 90 90 	cmovge -0x6f6f6f70\(%eax\),%edx
 \s*[a-f0-9]+:\s*67 0f 4e 90 90 90 90 90 	cmovle -0x6f6f6f70\(%eax\),%edx
 \s*[a-f0-9]+:\s*67 0f 4f 90 90 90 90 90 	cmovg  -0x6f6f6f70\(%eax\),%edx
+\s*[a-f0-9]+:\s*62 f4 7d 08 60 c0    	movbe  %ax,%ax
+\s*[a-f0-9]+:\s*49 0f c8             	bswap  %r8
+\s*[a-f0-9]+:\s*d5 98 c8             	bswap  %r16
 \s*[a-f0-9]+:\s*66 0f 38 f6 c3       	adcx   %ebx,%eax
 \s*[a-f0-9]+:\s*66 0f 38 f6 c3       	adcx   %ebx,%eax
 \s*[a-f0-9]+:\s*62 f4 fd 18 66 c3    	adcx   %rbx,%rax,%rax
--- a/gas/testsuite/gas/i386/x86-64-apx-ndd-optimize.s
+++ b/gas/testsuite/gas/i386/x86-64-apx-ndd-optimize.s
@@ -111,6 +111,9 @@ cmovl  0x90909090(%eax),%edx,%edx
 cmovge 0x90909090(%eax),%edx,%edx
 cmovle 0x90909090(%eax),%edx,%edx
 cmovg  0x90909090(%eax),%edx,%edx
+movbe  %ax,%ax
+movbe  %r8,%r8
+movbe  %r16,%r16
 adcx   %ebx,%eax,%eax
 adcx   %eax,%ebx,%eax
 adcx   %rbx,%rax,%rax
--- a/opcodes/i386-opc.tbl
+++ b/opcodes/i386-opc.tbl
@@ -210,6 +210,9 @@ mov, 0xf24, i386&No64, D|RegMem|IgnoreSi
 // Move after swapping the bytes
 movbe, 0x0f38f0, Movbe, D|Modrm|CheckOperandSize|No_bSuf|No_sSuf, { Word|Dword|Qword|Unspecified|BaseIndex, Reg16|Reg32|Reg64 }
 movbe, 0x60, Movbe&APX_F, D|Modrm|CheckOperandSize|No_bSuf|No_sSuf|EVexMap4, { Reg16|Reg32|Reg64|Unspecified|BaseIndex, Reg16|Reg32|Reg64 }
+// This really is BSWAP, but wants "duplicating" here for easy EVEX -> REX2
+// conversion, restarting with the next sequential template.
+movbe, 0xfc8, Movbe&APX_F, No_bSuf|No_wSuf|No_sSuf, { Reg32|Reg64 }
 
 // Move with sign extend.
 movsb, 0xfbe, i386, Modrm|No_bSuf|No_sSuf, { Reg8|Unspecified|BaseIndex, Reg16|Reg32|Reg64 }


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