[PATCH] x86: Remove the default REP MOVSB threshold tunable value [BZ #27061]

H.J. Lu hjl.tools@gmail.com
Sun Dec 13 14:51:43 GMT 2020


Since the default REP MOVSB threshold is 2048 * (vector size / 16),
remove its default tunable value so that the correct default value
will be set correctly by init_cacheinfo ().
---
 sysdeps/x86/dl-tunables.list | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/sysdeps/x86/dl-tunables.list b/sysdeps/x86/dl-tunables.list
index 1a4a93a070..348616fb69 100644
--- a/sysdeps/x86/dl-tunables.list
+++ b/sysdeps/x86/dl-tunables.list
@@ -39,9 +39,10 @@ glibc {
       # REP MOVSB.  Since larger register size can move more data with a
       # single load and store, the threshold is higher with larger register
       # size.  Note: Since the REP MOVSB threshold must be greater than 8
-      # times of vector size, the minium value must be updated at run-time.
+      # times of vector size and the default value is 2048 * (vector size
+      # / 16), the default value and the minium value must be updated at
+      # run-time.
       minval: 1
-      default: 2048
     }
     x86_rep_stosb_threshold {
       type: SIZE_T
-- 
2.29.2



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