[PATCH v1 2/2] x86: Optimize strchr-evex.S
Noah Goldstein
goldstein.w.n@gmail.com
Thu Apr 22 17:55:46 GMT 2021
On Thu, Apr 22, 2021 at 1:08 PM H.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Apr 21, 2021 at 2:40 PM Noah Goldstein <goldstein.w.n@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > No bug. This commit optimizes strlen-evex.S. The optimizations are
> > mostly small things such as save an ALU in the alignment process,
> > saving a few instructions in the loop return. The one significant
> > change is saving 2 instructions in the 4x loop. test-strchr,
> > test-strchrnul, test-wcschr, and test-wcschrnul are all passing.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Noah Goldstein <goldstein.w.n@gmail.com>
> > ---
> > sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strchr-evex.S | 388 ++++++++++++++-----------
> > 1 file changed, 214 insertions(+), 174 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strchr-evex.S b/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strchr-evex.S
> > index ddc86a7058..7cd111e96c 100644
> > --- a/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strchr-evex.S
> > +++ b/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strchr-evex.S
> > @@ -24,23 +24,26 @@
> > # define STRCHR __strchr_evex
> > # endif
> >
> > -# define VMOVU vmovdqu64
> > -# define VMOVA vmovdqa64
> > +# define VMOVU vmovdqu64
> > +# define VMOVA vmovdqa64
> >
> > # ifdef USE_AS_WCSCHR
> > # define VPBROADCAST vpbroadcastd
> > # define VPCMP vpcmpd
> > # define VPMINU vpminud
> > # define CHAR_REG esi
> > -# define SHIFT_REG r8d
> > +# define SHIFT_REG ecx
> > +# define CHAR_SIZE 4
> > # else
> > # define VPBROADCAST vpbroadcastb
> > # define VPCMP vpcmpb
> > # define VPMINU vpminub
> > # define CHAR_REG sil
> > -# define SHIFT_REG ecx
> > +# define SHIFT_REG edx
> > +# define CHAR_SIZE 1
> > # endif
> >
> > +
> > # define XMMZERO xmm16
> >
> > # define YMMZERO ymm16
> > @@ -56,23 +59,20 @@
> >
> > # define VEC_SIZE 32
> > # define PAGE_SIZE 4096
> > +# define CHAR_PER_VEC (VEC_SIZE / CHAR_SIZE)
> >
> > .section .text.evex,"ax",@progbits
> > ENTRY (STRCHR)
> > - movl %edi, %ecx
> > -# ifndef USE_AS_STRCHRNUL
> > - xorl %edx, %edx
> > -# endif
> > -
> > /* Broadcast CHAR to YMM0. */
> > - VPBROADCAST %esi, %YMM0
> > -
> > + VPBROADCAST %esi, %YMM0
> > + movl %edi, %eax
> > + andl $(PAGE_SIZE - 1), %eax
> > vpxorq %XMMZERO, %XMMZERO, %XMMZERO
> >
> > - /* Check if we cross page boundary with one vector load. */
> > - andl $(PAGE_SIZE - 1), %ecx
> > - cmpl $(PAGE_SIZE - VEC_SIZE), %ecx
> > - ja L(cross_page_boundary)
> > + /* Check if we cross page boundary with one vector load. Otherwise
> > + it is safe to use an unaligned load. */
> > + cmpl $(PAGE_SIZE - VEC_SIZE), %eax
> > + ja L(cross_page_boundary)
> >
> > /* Check the first VEC_SIZE bytes. Search for both CHAR and the
> > null bytes. */
> > @@ -83,251 +83,291 @@ ENTRY (STRCHR)
> > VPMINU %YMM2, %YMM1, %YMM2
> > /* Each bit in K0 represents a CHAR or a null byte in YMM1. */
> > VPCMP $0, %YMMZERO, %YMM2, %k0
> > - ktestd %k0, %k0
> > - jz L(more_vecs)
> > kmovd %k0, %eax
> > + testl %eax, %eax
> > + jz L(aligned_more)
> > tzcntl %eax, %eax
> > - /* Found CHAR or the null byte. */
> > # ifdef USE_AS_WCSCHR
> > /* NB: Multiply wchar_t count by 4 to get the number of bytes. */
> > - leaq (%rdi, %rax, 4), %rax
> > + leaq (%rdi, %rax, CHAR_SIZE), %rax
> > # else
> > addq %rdi, %rax
> > # endif
> > # ifndef USE_AS_STRCHRNUL
> > - cmp (%rax), %CHAR_REG
> > - cmovne %rdx, %rax
> > + /* Found CHAR or the null byte. */
> > + cmp (%rax), %CHAR_REG
> > + jne L(zero)
> > # endif
> > ret
> >
> > - .p2align 4
> > -L(more_vecs):
> > - /* Align data for aligned loads in the loop. */
> > - andq $-VEC_SIZE, %rdi
> > -L(aligned_more):
> > -
> > - /* Check the next 4 * VEC_SIZE. Only one VEC_SIZE at a time
> > - since data is only aligned to VEC_SIZE. */
> > - VMOVA VEC_SIZE(%rdi), %YMM1
> > - addq $VEC_SIZE, %rdi
> > -
> > - /* Leaves only CHARS matching esi as 0. */
> > - vpxorq %YMM1, %YMM0, %YMM2
> > - VPMINU %YMM2, %YMM1, %YMM2
> > - /* Each bit in K0 represents a CHAR or a null byte in YMM1. */
> > - VPCMP $0, %YMMZERO, %YMM2, %k0
> > - kmovd %k0, %eax
> > - testl %eax, %eax
> > - jnz L(first_vec_x0)
> > -
> > - VMOVA VEC_SIZE(%rdi), %YMM1
> > - /* Leaves only CHARS matching esi as 0. */
> > - vpxorq %YMM1, %YMM0, %YMM2
> > - VPMINU %YMM2, %YMM1, %YMM2
> > - /* Each bit in K0 represents a CHAR or a null byte in YMM1. */
> > - VPCMP $0, %YMMZERO, %YMM2, %k0
> > - kmovd %k0, %eax
> > - testl %eax, %eax
> > - jnz L(first_vec_x1)
> > -
> > - VMOVA (VEC_SIZE * 2)(%rdi), %YMM1
> > - /* Leaves only CHARS matching esi as 0. */
> > - vpxorq %YMM1, %YMM0, %YMM2
> > - VPMINU %YMM2, %YMM1, %YMM2
> > - /* Each bit in K0 represents a CHAR or a null byte in YMM1. */
> > - VPCMP $0, %YMMZERO, %YMM2, %k0
> > - kmovd %k0, %eax
> > - testl %eax, %eax
> > - jnz L(first_vec_x2)
> > -
> > - VMOVA (VEC_SIZE * 3)(%rdi), %YMM1
> > - /* Leaves only CHARS matching esi as 0. */
> > - vpxorq %YMM1, %YMM0, %YMM2
> > - VPMINU %YMM2, %YMM1, %YMM2
> > - /* Each bit in K0 represents a CHAR or a null byte in YMM1. */
> > - VPCMP $0, %YMMZERO, %YMM2, %k0
> > - ktestd %k0, %k0
> > - jz L(prep_loop_4x)
> > -
> > - kmovd %k0, %eax
> > + /* .p2align 5 helps keep performance more consistent if ENTRY()
> > + alignment % 32 was either 16 or 0. As well this makes the
> > + alignment % 32 of the loop_4x_vec fixed which makes tuning it
> > + easier. */
> > + .p2align 5
> > +L(first_vec_x3):
> > tzcntl %eax, %eax
> > +# ifndef USE_AS_STRCHRNUL
> > /* Found CHAR or the null byte. */
> > -# ifdef USE_AS_WCSCHR
> > - /* NB: Multiply wchar_t count by 4 to get the number of bytes. */
> > - leaq (VEC_SIZE * 3)(%rdi, %rax, 4), %rax
> > -# else
> > - leaq (VEC_SIZE * 3)(%rdi, %rax), %rax
> > + cmp (VEC_SIZE * 3)(%rdi, %rax, CHAR_SIZE), %CHAR_REG
> > + jne L(zero)
> > # endif
> > + /* NB: Multiply sizeof char type (1 or 4) to get the number of
> > + bytes. */
> > + leaq (VEC_SIZE * 3)(%rdi, %rax, CHAR_SIZE), %rax
> > + ret
> > +
> > # ifndef USE_AS_STRCHRNUL
> > - cmp (%rax), %CHAR_REG
> > - cmovne %rdx, %rax
> > -# endif
> > +L(zero):
> > + xorl %eax, %eax
> > ret
> > +# endif
> >
> > .p2align 4
> > -L(first_vec_x0):
> > +L(first_vec_x4):
> > +# ifndef USE_AS_STRCHRNUL
> > + /* Check to see if first match was CHAR (k0) or null (k1). */
> > + kmovd %k0, %eax
> > tzcntl %eax, %eax
> > - /* Found CHAR or the null byte. */
> > -# ifdef USE_AS_WCSCHR
> > - /* NB: Multiply wchar_t count by 4 to get the number of bytes. */
> > - leaq (%rdi, %rax, 4), %rax
> > + kmovd %k1, %ecx
> > + /* bzhil will not be 0 if first match was null. */
> > + bzhil %eax, %ecx, %ecx
> > + jne L(zero)
> > # else
> > - addq %rdi, %rax
> > -# endif
> > -# ifndef USE_AS_STRCHRNUL
> > - cmp (%rax), %CHAR_REG
> > - cmovne %rdx, %rax
> > + /* Combine CHAR and null matches. */
> > + kord %k0, %k1, %k0
> > + kmovd %k0, %eax
> > + tzcntl %eax, %eax
> > # endif
> > + /* NB: Multiply sizeof char type (1 or 4) to get the number of
> > + bytes. */
> > + leaq (VEC_SIZE * 4)(%rdi, %rax, CHAR_SIZE), %rax
> > ret
> >
> > .p2align 4
> > L(first_vec_x1):
> > tzcntl %eax, %eax
> > - /* Found CHAR or the null byte. */
> > -# ifdef USE_AS_WCSCHR
> > - /* NB: Multiply wchar_t count by 4 to get the number of bytes. */
> > - leaq VEC_SIZE(%rdi, %rax, 4), %rax
> > -# else
> > - leaq VEC_SIZE(%rdi, %rax), %rax
> > -# endif
> > # ifndef USE_AS_STRCHRNUL
> > - cmp (%rax), %CHAR_REG
> > - cmovne %rdx, %rax
> > + /* Found CHAR or the null byte. */
> > + cmp (VEC_SIZE)(%rdi, %rax, CHAR_SIZE), %CHAR_REG
> > + jne L(zero)
> > +
> > # endif
> > + /* NB: Multiply sizeof char type (1 or 4) to get the number of
> > + bytes. */
> > + leaq (VEC_SIZE)(%rdi, %rax, CHAR_SIZE), %rax
> > ret
> >
> > .p2align 4
> > L(first_vec_x2):
> > +# ifndef USE_AS_STRCHRNUL
> > + /* Check to see if first match was CHAR (k0) or null (k1). */
> > + kmovd %k0, %eax
> > tzcntl %eax, %eax
> > - /* Found CHAR or the null byte. */
> > -# ifdef USE_AS_WCSCHR
> > - /* NB: Multiply wchar_t count by 4 to get the number of bytes. */
> > - leaq (VEC_SIZE * 2)(%rdi, %rax, 4), %rax
> > + kmovd %k1, %ecx
> > + /* bzhil will not be 0 if first match was null. */
> > + bzhil %eax, %ecx, %ecx
> > + jne L(zero)
> > # else
> > - leaq (VEC_SIZE * 2)(%rdi, %rax), %rax
> > -# endif
> > -# ifndef USE_AS_STRCHRNUL
> > - cmp (%rax), %CHAR_REG
> > - cmovne %rdx, %rax
> > + /* Combine CHAR and null matches. */
> > + kord %k0, %k1, %k0
> > + kmovd %k0, %eax
> > + tzcntl %eax, %eax
> > # endif
> > + /* NB: Multiply sizeof char type (1 or 4) to get the number of
> > + bytes. */
> > + leaq (VEC_SIZE * 2)(%rdi, %rax, CHAR_SIZE), %rax
> > ret
> >
> > -L(prep_loop_4x):
> > - /* Align data to 4 * VEC_SIZE. */
> > + .p2align 4
> > +L(aligned_more):
> > + /* Align data to VEC_SIZE. */
> > + andq $-VEC_SIZE, %rdi
> > +L(cross_page_continue):
> > + /* Check the next 4 * VEC_SIZE. Only one VEC_SIZE at a time since
> > + data is only aligned to VEC_SIZE. Use two alternating methods for
> > + checking VEC to balance latency and port contention. */
> > +
> > + /* This method has higher latency but has better port
> > + distribution. */
> > + VMOVA (VEC_SIZE)(%rdi), %YMM1
> > + /* Leaves only CHARS matching esi as 0. */
> > + vpxorq %YMM1, %YMM0, %YMM2
> > + VPMINU %YMM2, %YMM1, %YMM2
> > + /* Each bit in K0 represents a CHAR or a null byte in YMM1. */
> > + VPCMP $0, %YMMZERO, %YMM2, %k0
> > + kmovd %k0, %eax
> > + testl %eax, %eax
> > + jnz L(first_vec_x1)
> > +
> > + /* This method has higher latency but has better port
> > + distribution. */
> > + VMOVA (VEC_SIZE * 2)(%rdi), %YMM1
> > + /* Each bit in K0 represents a CHAR in YMM1. */
> > + VPCMP $0, %YMM1, %YMM0, %k0
> > + /* Each bit in K1 represents a CHAR in YMM1. */
> > + VPCMP $0, %YMM1, %YMMZERO, %k1
> > + kortestd %k0, %k1
> > + jnz L(first_vec_x2)
> > +
> > + VMOVA (VEC_SIZE * 3)(%rdi), %YMM1
> > + /* Leaves only CHARS matching esi as 0. */
> > + vpxorq %YMM1, %YMM0, %YMM2
> > + VPMINU %YMM2, %YMM1, %YMM2
> > + /* Each bit in K0 represents a CHAR or a null byte in YMM1. */
> > + VPCMP $0, %YMMZERO, %YMM2, %k0
> > + kmovd %k0, %eax
> > + testl %eax, %eax
> > + jnz L(first_vec_x3)
> > +
> > + VMOVA (VEC_SIZE * 4)(%rdi), %YMM1
> > + /* Each bit in K0 represents a CHAR in YMM1. */
> > + VPCMP $0, %YMM1, %YMM0, %k0
> > + /* Each bit in K1 represents a CHAR in YMM1. */
> > + VPCMP $0, %YMM1, %YMMZERO, %k1
> > + kortestd %k0, %k1
> > + jnz L(first_vec_x4)
> > +
> > + /* Align data to VEC_SIZE * 4 for the loop. */
> > + addq $VEC_SIZE, %rdi
> > andq $-(VEC_SIZE * 4), %rdi
> >
> > .p2align 4
> > L(loop_4x_vec):
> > - /* Compare 4 * VEC at a time forward. */
> > + /* Check 4x VEC at a time. No penalty to imm32 offset with evex
> > + encoding. */
> > VMOVA (VEC_SIZE * 4)(%rdi), %YMM1
> > VMOVA (VEC_SIZE * 5)(%rdi), %YMM2
> > VMOVA (VEC_SIZE * 6)(%rdi), %YMM3
> > VMOVA (VEC_SIZE * 7)(%rdi), %YMM4
> >
> > - /* Leaves only CHARS matching esi as 0. */
> > + /* For YMM1 and YMM3 use xor to set the CHARs matching esi to zero. */
> > vpxorq %YMM1, %YMM0, %YMM5
> > - vpxorq %YMM2, %YMM0, %YMM6
> > + /* For YMM2 and YMM4 cmp not equals to CHAR and store result in k
> > + register. Its possible to save either 1 or 2 instructions using cmp no
> > + equals method for either YMM1 or YMM1 and YMM3 respectively but
> > + bottleneck on p5 makes it no worth it. */
> > + VPCMP $4, %YMM0, %YMM2, %k2
> > vpxorq %YMM3, %YMM0, %YMM7
> > - vpxorq %YMM4, %YMM0, %YMM8
> > -
> > - VPMINU %YMM5, %YMM1, %YMM5
> > - VPMINU %YMM6, %YMM2, %YMM6
> > - VPMINU %YMM7, %YMM3, %YMM7
> > - VPMINU %YMM8, %YMM4, %YMM8
> > -
> > - VPMINU %YMM5, %YMM6, %YMM1
> > - VPMINU %YMM7, %YMM8, %YMM2
> > -
> > - VPMINU %YMM1, %YMM2, %YMM1
> > -
> > - /* Each bit in K0 represents a CHAR or a null byte. */
> > - VPCMP $0, %YMMZERO, %YMM1, %k0
> > -
> > - addq $(VEC_SIZE * 4), %rdi
> > -
> > - ktestd %k0, %k0
> > + VPCMP $4, %YMM0, %YMM4, %k4
> > +
> > + /* Use min to select all zeros (either from xor or end of string). */
> > + VPMINU %YMM1, %YMM5, %YMM1
> > + VPMINU %YMM3, %YMM7, %YMM3
> > +
> > + /* Use min + zeromask to select for zeros. Since k2 and k4 will be
> > + have 0 as positions that matched with CHAR which will set zero in
> > + the corresponding destination bytes in YMM2 / YMM4. */
> > + VPMINU %YMM1, %YMM2, %YMM2{%k2}{z}
> > + VPMINU %YMM3, %YMM4, %YMM4
> > + VPMINU %YMM2, %YMM4, %YMM4{%k4}{z}
> > +
> > + VPCMP $0, %YMMZERO, %YMM4, %k1
> > + kmovd %k1, %ecx
> > + subq $-(VEC_SIZE * 4), %rdi
> > + testl %ecx, %ecx
> > jz L(loop_4x_vec)
> >
> > - /* Each bit in K0 represents a CHAR or a null byte in YMM1. */
> > - VPCMP $0, %YMMZERO, %YMM5, %k0
> > + VPCMP $0, %YMMZERO, %YMM1, %k0
> > kmovd %k0, %eax
> > testl %eax, %eax
> > - jnz L(first_vec_x0)
> > + jnz L(last_vec_x1)
> >
> > - /* Each bit in K1 represents a CHAR or a null byte in YMM2. */
> > - VPCMP $0, %YMMZERO, %YMM6, %k1
> > - kmovd %k1, %eax
> > + VPCMP $0, %YMMZERO, %YMM2, %k0
> > + kmovd %k0, %eax
> > testl %eax, %eax
> > - jnz L(first_vec_x1)
> > -
> > - /* Each bit in K2 represents a CHAR or a null byte in YMM3. */
> > - VPCMP $0, %YMMZERO, %YMM7, %k2
> > - /* Each bit in K3 represents a CHAR or a null byte in YMM4. */
> > - VPCMP $0, %YMMZERO, %YMM8, %k3
> > + jnz L(last_vec_x2)
> >
> > + VPCMP $0, %YMMZERO, %YMM3, %k0
> > + kmovd %k0, %eax
> > + /* Combine YMM3 matches (eax) with YMM4 matches (ecx). */
> > # ifdef USE_AS_WCSCHR
> > - /* NB: Each bit in K2/K3 represents 4-byte element. */
> > - kshiftlw $8, %k3, %k1
> > + sall $8, %ecx
> > + orl %ecx, %eax
> > + tzcntl %eax, %eax
> > # else
> > - kshiftlq $32, %k3, %k1
> > + salq $32, %rcx
> > + orq %rcx, %rax
> > + tzcntq %rax, %rax
> > # endif
> > +# ifndef USE_AS_STRCHRNUL
> > + /* Check if match was CHAR or null. */
> > + cmp (VEC_SIZE * 2)(%rdi, %rax, CHAR_SIZE), %CHAR_REG
> > + jne L(zero_end)
> > +# endif
> > + /* NB: Multiply sizeof char type (1 or 4) to get the number of
> > + bytes. */
> > + leaq (VEC_SIZE * 2)(%rdi, %rax, CHAR_SIZE), %rax
> > + ret
> >
> > - /* Each bit in K1 represents a NULL or a mismatch. */
> > - korq %k1, %k2, %k1
> > - kmovq %k1, %rax
> > +# ifndef USE_AS_STRCHRNUL
> > +L(zero_end):
> > + xorl %eax, %eax
> > + ret
> > +# endif
> >
> > - tzcntq %rax, %rax
> > -# ifdef USE_AS_WCSCHR
> > - /* NB: Multiply wchar_t count by 4 to get the number of bytes. */
> > - leaq (VEC_SIZE * 2)(%rdi, %rax, 4), %rax
> > -# else
> > - leaq (VEC_SIZE * 2)(%rdi, %rax), %rax
> > + .p2align 4
> > +L(last_vec_x1):
> > + tzcntl %eax, %eax
> > +# ifndef USE_AS_STRCHRNUL
> > + /* Check if match was null. */
> > + cmp (%rdi, %rax, CHAR_SIZE), %CHAR_REG
> > + jne L(zero_end)
> > # endif
> > + /* NB: Multiply sizeof char type (1 or 4) to get the number of
> > + bytes. */
> > + leaq (%rdi, %rax, CHAR_SIZE), %rax
> > + ret
> > +
> > + .p2align 4
> > +L(last_vec_x2):
> > + tzcntl %eax, %eax
> > # ifndef USE_AS_STRCHRNUL
> > - cmp (%rax), %CHAR_REG
> > - cmovne %rdx, %rax
> > + /* Check if match was null. */
> > + cmp (VEC_SIZE)(%rdi, %rax, CHAR_SIZE), %CHAR_REG
> > + jne L(zero_end)
> > # endif
> > + /* NB: Multiply sizeof char type (1 or 4) to get the number of
> > + bytes. */
> > + leaq (VEC_SIZE)(%rdi, %rax, CHAR_SIZE), %rax
> > ret
> >
> > /* Cold case for crossing page with first load. */
> > .p2align 4
> > L(cross_page_boundary):
> > + movq %rdi, %rdx
> > + /* Align rdi. */
> > andq $-VEC_SIZE, %rdi
> > - andl $(VEC_SIZE - 1), %ecx
> > -
> > VMOVA (%rdi), %YMM1
> > -
> > /* Leaves only CHARS matching esi as 0. */
> > vpxorq %YMM1, %YMM0, %YMM2
> > VPMINU %YMM2, %YMM1, %YMM2
> > /* Each bit in K0 represents a CHAR or a null byte in YMM1. */
> > VPCMP $0, %YMMZERO, %YMM2, %k0
> > kmovd %k0, %eax
> > - testl %eax, %eax
> > -
> > + /* Remove the leading bits. */
> > # ifdef USE_AS_WCSCHR
> > + movl %edx, %SHIFT_REG
> > /* NB: Divide shift count by 4 since each bit in K1 represent 4
> > bytes. */
> > - movl %ecx, %SHIFT_REG
> > - sarl $2, %SHIFT_REG
> > + sarl $2, %SHIFT_REG
> > + andl $(CHAR_PER_VEC - 1), %SHIFT_REG
> > # endif
> > -
> > - /* Remove the leading bits. */
> > sarxl %SHIFT_REG, %eax, %eax
> > + /* If eax is zero continue. */
> > testl %eax, %eax
> > -
> > - jz L(aligned_more)
> > + jz L(cross_page_continue)
> > tzcntl %eax, %eax
> > - addq %rcx, %rdi
> > +# ifndef USE_AS_STRCHRNUL
> > + /* Check to see if match was CHAR or null. */
> > + cmp (%rdx, %rax, CHAR_SIZE), %CHAR_REG
> > + jne L(zero_end)
> > +# endif
> > # ifdef USE_AS_WCSCHR
> > /* NB: Multiply wchar_t count by 4 to get the number of bytes. */
> > - leaq (%rdi, %rax, 4), %rax
> > + leaq (%rdx, %rax, CHAR_SIZE), %rax
> > # else
> > - addq %rdi, %rax
> > -# endif
> > -# ifndef USE_AS_STRCHRNUL
> > - cmp (%rax), %CHAR_REG
> > - cmovne %rdx, %rax
> > + addq %rdx, %rax
> > # endif
> > ret
> >
> > --
> > 2.29.2
> >
>
> Your strlen AVX2 and EVEX patches have been committed:
>
> commit aaa23c35071537e2dcf5807e956802ed215210aa
> Author: Noah Goldstein <goldstein.w.n@gmail.com>
> Date: Mon Apr 19 19:36:07 2021 -0400
>
> x86: Optimize strlen-avx2.S
>
> No bug. This commit optimizes strlen-avx2.S. The optimizations are
> mostly small things but they add up to roughly 10-30% performance
> improvement for strlen. The results for strnlen are bit more
> ambiguous. test-strlen, test-strnlen, test-wcslen, and test-wcsnlen
> are all passing.
>
> Signed-off-by: Noah Goldstein <goldstein.w.n@gmail.com>
>
> commit 4ba65586847751372520a36757c17f114588794e
> Author: Noah Goldstein <goldstein.w.n@gmail.com>
> Date: Mon Apr 19 19:36:06 2021 -0400
>
> x86: Optimize strlen-evex.S
>
> No bug. This commit optimizes strlen-evex.S. The
> optimizations are mostly small things but they add up to roughly
> 10-30% performance improvement for strlen. The results for strnlen are
> bit more ambiguous. test-strlen, test-strnlen, test-wcslen, and
> test-wcsnlen are all passing.
>
> Signed-off-by: Noah Goldstein <goldstein.w.n@gmail.com>
>
> Are the new patches incremental improvements? If yes, please rebase them.
Faulty commit message. These are for strchr. Sorry!
Submitted patch with fixed commit messages.
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> H.J.
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