[PATCH 2/2] x86: Add thresholds for "rep movsb/stosb" to tunables

H.J. Lu hjl.tools@gmail.com
Fri Jul 3 17:52:20 GMT 2020


Add x86_rep_movsb_threshold and x86_rep_stosb_threshold to tunables
to update thresholds for "rep movsb" and "rep stosb" at run-time.

Note that the user specified threshold for "rep movsb" smaller than the
minimum threshold will be ignored.
---
 manual/tunables.texi                          | 14 +++++++
 sysdeps/x86/cacheinfo.c                       | 20 ++++++++++
 sysdeps/x86/cpu-features.h                    |  4 ++
 sysdeps/x86/dl-cacheinfo.c                    | 38 +++++++++++++++++++
 sysdeps/x86/dl-tunables.list                  |  6 +++
 .../multiarch/memmove-vec-unaligned-erms.S    | 16 +-------
 .../multiarch/memset-vec-unaligned-erms.S     | 12 +-----
 7 files changed, 84 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)

diff --git a/manual/tunables.texi b/manual/tunables.texi
index ec18b10834..61edd62425 100644
--- a/manual/tunables.texi
+++ b/manual/tunables.texi
@@ -396,6 +396,20 @@ to set threshold in bytes for non temporal store.
 This tunable is specific to i386 and x86-64.
 @end deftp
 
+@deftp Tunable glibc.cpu.x86_rep_movsb_threshold
+The @code{glibc.cpu.x86_rep_movsb_threshold} tunable allows the user
+to set threshold in bytes to start using "rep movsb".
+
+This tunable is specific to i386 and x86-64.
+@end deftp
+
+@deftp Tunable glibc.cpu.x86_rep_stosb_threshold
+The @code{glibc.cpu.x86_rep_stosb_threshold} tunable allows the user
+to set threshold in bytes to start using "rep stosb".
+
+This tunable is specific to i386 and x86-64.
+@end deftp
+
 @deftp Tunable glibc.cpu.x86_ibt
 The @code{glibc.cpu.x86_ibt} tunable allows the user to control how
 indirect branch tracking (IBT) should be enabled.  Accepted values are
diff --git a/sysdeps/x86/cacheinfo.c b/sysdeps/x86/cacheinfo.c
index 8c4c7f9972..bb536d96ef 100644
--- a/sysdeps/x86/cacheinfo.c
+++ b/sysdeps/x86/cacheinfo.c
@@ -41,6 +41,23 @@ long int __x86_raw_shared_cache_size attribute_hidden = 1024 * 1024;
 /* Threshold to use non temporal store.  */
 long int __x86_shared_non_temporal_threshold attribute_hidden;
 
+/* Threshold to use Enhanced REP MOVSB.  Since there is overhead to set
+   up REP MOVSB operation, REP MOVSB isn't faster on short data.  The
+   memcpy micro benchmark in glibc shows that 2KB is the approximate
+   value above which REP MOVSB becomes faster than SSE2 optimization
+   on processors with Enhanced REP MOVSB.  Since larger register size
+   can move more data with a single load and store, the threshold is
+   higher with larger register size.  */
+long int __x86_rep_movsb_threshold attribute_hidden = 2048;
+
+/* Threshold to use Enhanced REP STOSB.  Since there is overhead to set
+   up REP STOSB operation, REP STOSB isn't faster on short data.  The
+   memset micro benchmark in glibc shows that 2KB is the approximate
+   value above which REP STOSB becomes faster on processors with
+   Enhanced REP STOSB.  Since the stored value is fixed, larger register
+   size has minimal impact on threshold.  */
+long int __x86_rep_stosb_threshold attribute_hidden = 2048;
+
 #ifndef __x86_64__
 /* PREFETCHW support flag for use in memory and string routines.  */
 int __x86_prefetchw attribute_hidden;
@@ -117,6 +134,9 @@ init_cacheinfo (void)
   __x86_shared_non_temporal_threshold
     = cpu_features->non_temporal_threshold;
 
+  __x86_rep_movsb_threshold = cpu_features->rep_movsb_threshold;
+  __x86_rep_stosb_threshold = cpu_features->rep_stosb_threshold;
+
 #ifndef __x86_64__
   __x86_prefetchw = cpu_features->prefetchw;
 #endif
diff --git a/sysdeps/x86/cpu-features.h b/sysdeps/x86/cpu-features.h
index 3aaed33cbc..002e12e11f 100644
--- a/sysdeps/x86/cpu-features.h
+++ b/sysdeps/x86/cpu-features.h
@@ -128,6 +128,10 @@ struct cpu_features
   /* PREFETCHW support flag for use in memory and string routines.  */
   unsigned long int prefetchw;
 #endif
+  /* Threshold to use "rep movsb".  */
+  unsigned long int rep_movsb_threshold;
+  /* Threshold to use "rep stosb".  */
+  unsigned long int rep_stosb_threshold;
 };
 
 /* Used from outside of glibc to get access to the CPU features
diff --git a/sysdeps/x86/dl-cacheinfo.c b/sysdeps/x86/dl-cacheinfo.c
index 8e2a6f552c..aff9bd1067 100644
--- a/sysdeps/x86/dl-cacheinfo.c
+++ b/sysdeps/x86/dl-cacheinfo.c
@@ -860,6 +860,31 @@ __init_cacheinfo (void)
      total shared cache size.  */
   unsigned long int non_temporal_threshold = (shared * threads * 3 / 4);
 
+  /* NB: The REP MOVSB threshold must be greater than VEC_SIZE * 8.  */
+  unsigned long int minimum_rep_movsb_threshold;
+  /* NB: The default REP MOVSB threshold is 2048 * (VEC_SIZE / 16).  See
+     comments for __x86_rep_movsb_threshold in cacheinfo.c.  */
+  unsigned long int rep_movsb_threshold;
+  if (CPU_FEATURES_ARCH_P (cpu_features, AVX512F_Usable)
+      && !CPU_FEATURES_ARCH_P (cpu_features, Prefer_No_AVX512))
+    {
+      rep_movsb_threshold = 2048 * (64 / 16);
+      minimum_rep_movsb_threshold = 64 * 8;
+    }
+  else if (CPU_FEATURES_ARCH_P (cpu_features,
+				AVX_Fast_Unaligned_Load))
+    {
+      rep_movsb_threshold = 2048 * (32 / 16);
+      minimum_rep_movsb_threshold = 32 * 8;
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      rep_movsb_threshold = 2048 * (16 / 16);
+      minimum_rep_movsb_threshold = 16 * 8;
+    }
+  /* NB: See comments for __x86_rep_stosb_threshold in cacheinfo.c.  */
+  unsigned long int rep_stosb_threshold = 2048;
+
 #if HAVE_TUNABLES
   long int tunable_size;
   tunable_size = TUNABLE_GET (x86_data_cache_size, long int, NULL);
@@ -871,11 +896,19 @@ __init_cacheinfo (void)
   tunable_size = TUNABLE_GET (x86_non_temporal_threshold, long int, NULL);
   if (tunable_size != 0)
     non_temporal_threshold = tunable_size;
+  tunable_size = TUNABLE_GET (x86_rep_movsb_threshold, long int, NULL);
+  if (tunable_size > minimum_rep_movsb_threshold)
+    rep_movsb_threshold = tunable_size;
+  tunable_size = TUNABLE_GET (x86_rep_stosb_threshold, long int, NULL);
+  if (tunable_size != 0)
+    rep_stosb_threshold = tunable_size;
 #endif
 
   cpu_features->data_cache_size = data;
   cpu_features->shared_cache_size = shared;
   cpu_features->non_temporal_threshold = non_temporal_threshold;
+  cpu_features->rep_movsb_threshold = rep_movsb_threshold;
+  cpu_features->rep_stosb_threshold = rep_stosb_threshold;
 
 #if HAVE_TUNABLES
   TUNABLE_UPDATE (x86_data_cache_size, long int,
@@ -884,5 +917,10 @@ __init_cacheinfo (void)
 		  shared, 0, (long int) -1);
   TUNABLE_UPDATE (x86_non_temporal_threshold, long int,
 		  non_temporal_threshold, 0, (long int) -1);
+  TUNABLE_UPDATE (x86_rep_movsb_threshold, long int,
+		  rep_movsb_threshold, minimum_rep_movsb_threshold,
+		  (long int) -1);
+  TUNABLE_UPDATE (x86_rep_stosb_threshold, long int,
+		  rep_stosb_threshold, 0, (long int) -1);
 #endif
 }
diff --git a/sysdeps/x86/dl-tunables.list b/sysdeps/x86/dl-tunables.list
index 251b926ce4..43bf6c2389 100644
--- a/sysdeps/x86/dl-tunables.list
+++ b/sysdeps/x86/dl-tunables.list
@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@ glibc {
     x86_non_temporal_threshold {
       type: SIZE_T
     }
+    x86_rep_movsb_threshold {
+      type: SIZE_T
+    }
+    x86_rep_stosb_threshold {
+      type: SIZE_T
+    }
     x86_data_cache_size {
       type: SIZE_T
     }
diff --git a/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/memmove-vec-unaligned-erms.S b/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/memmove-vec-unaligned-erms.S
index 74953245aa..bd5dc1a3f3 100644
--- a/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/memmove-vec-unaligned-erms.S
+++ b/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/memmove-vec-unaligned-erms.S
@@ -56,17 +56,6 @@
 # endif
 #endif
 
-/* Threshold to use Enhanced REP MOVSB.  Since there is overhead to set
-   up REP MOVSB operation, REP MOVSB isn't faster on short data.  The
-   memcpy micro benchmark in glibc shows that 2KB is the approximate
-   value above which REP MOVSB becomes faster than SSE2 optimization
-   on processors with Enhanced REP MOVSB.  Since larger register size
-   can move more data with a single load and store, the threshold is
-   higher with larger register size.  */
-#ifndef REP_MOVSB_THRESHOLD
-# define REP_MOVSB_THRESHOLD	(2048 * (VEC_SIZE / 16))
-#endif
-
 #ifndef PREFETCH
 # define PREFETCH(addr) prefetcht0 addr
 #endif
@@ -253,9 +242,6 @@ L(movsb):
 	leaq	(%rsi,%rdx), %r9
 	cmpq	%r9, %rdi
 	/* Avoid slow backward REP MOVSB.  */
-# if REP_MOVSB_THRESHOLD <= (VEC_SIZE * 8)
-#  error Unsupported REP_MOVSB_THRESHOLD and VEC_SIZE!
-# endif
 	jb	L(more_8x_vec_backward)
 1:
 	mov	%RDX_LP, %RCX_LP
@@ -331,7 +317,7 @@ L(between_2_3):
 
 #if defined USE_MULTIARCH && IS_IN (libc)
 L(movsb_more_2x_vec):
-	cmpq	$REP_MOVSB_THRESHOLD, %rdx
+	cmp	__x86_rep_movsb_threshold(%rip), %RDX_LP
 	ja	L(movsb)
 #endif
 L(more_2x_vec):
diff --git a/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/memset-vec-unaligned-erms.S b/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/memset-vec-unaligned-erms.S
index af2299709c..2bfc95de05 100644
--- a/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/memset-vec-unaligned-erms.S
+++ b/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/memset-vec-unaligned-erms.S
@@ -58,16 +58,6 @@
 # endif
 #endif
 
-/* Threshold to use Enhanced REP STOSB.  Since there is overhead to set
-   up REP STOSB operation, REP STOSB isn't faster on short data.  The
-   memset micro benchmark in glibc shows that 2KB is the approximate
-   value above which REP STOSB becomes faster on processors with
-   Enhanced REP STOSB.  Since the stored value is fixed, larger register
-   size has minimal impact on threshold.  */
-#ifndef REP_STOSB_THRESHOLD
-# define REP_STOSB_THRESHOLD		2048
-#endif
-
 #ifndef SECTION
 # error SECTION is not defined!
 #endif
@@ -181,7 +171,7 @@ ENTRY (MEMSET_SYMBOL (__memset, unaligned_erms))
 	ret
 
 L(stosb_more_2x_vec):
-	cmpq	$REP_STOSB_THRESHOLD, %rdx
+	cmp	__x86_rep_stosb_threshold(%rip), %RDX_LP
 	ja	L(stosb)
 #endif
 L(more_2x_vec):
-- 
2.26.2



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