[PATCH v2] x86-64: Add Avoid_Short_Distance_REP_MOVSB
H.J. Lu
hjl.tools@gmail.com
Tue Jul 27 16:05:50 GMT 2021
On Mon, Jul 26, 2021 at 9:06 PM Noah Goldstein <goldstein.w.n@gmail.com> wrote:
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>
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> On Mon, Jul 26, 2021 at 11:11 PM H.J. Lu via Libc-alpha <libc-alpha@sourceware.org> wrote:
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>> On Mon, Jul 26, 2021 at 7:15 PM Carlos O'Donell <carlos@redhat.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > On 7/26/21 8:00 AM, H.J. Lu via Libc-alpha wrote:
>> > > commit 3ec5d83d2a237d39e7fd6ef7a0bc8ac4c171a4a5
>> > > Author: H.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com>
>> > > Date: Sat Jan 25 14:19:40 2020 -0800
>> > >
>> > > x86-64: Avoid rep movsb with short distance [BZ #27130]
>> > > introduced some regressions on Intel processors without Fast Short REP
>> > > MOV (FSRM). Add Avoid_Short_Distance_REP_MOVSB to avoid rep movsb with
>> > > short distance only on Intel processors with FSRM. bench-memmove-large
>> > > on Skylake server shows that cycles of __memmove_evex_unaligned_erms are
>> > > improved for the following data size:
>> > >
>> > > before after Improvement
>> > > length=4127, align1=3, align2=0: 479.38 343.00 28%
>> > > length=4223, align1=9, align2=5: 405.62 335.50 17%
>> > > length=8223, align1=3, align2=0: 786.12 495.00 37%
>> > > length=8319, align1=9, align2=5: 256.69 170.38 33%
>> > > length=16415, align1=3, align2=0: 1436.88 839.50 41%
>> > > length=16511, align1=9, align2=5: 1375.50 840.62 39%
>> > > length=32799, align1=3, align2=0: 2890.00 1850.62 36%
>> > > length=32895, align1=9, align2=5: 2891.38 1948.62 32%
>> > >
>> > > There are no regression on Ice Lake server.
>> >
>> > At this point we're waiting on Noah to provide feedback on the performance
>> > results given the alignment nop insertion you provided as a follow-up patch
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> The results with the padding look good!
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>> We are testing 25 byte nop padding now:
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>> https://gitlab.com/x86-glibc/glibc/-/commit/de8985640a568786a59576716db54e0749d420e8
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> How did you come to the exact padding choice used?
I first replaced the 9 byte instructions:
andl $X86_STRING_CONTROL_AVOID_SHORT_DISTANCE_REP_MOVSB,
__x86_string_control(%rip)
jz 3f
with a 9-byte NOP and reproduced the regression on Tiger Lake. It confirmed
that the code layout caused the regression. I first tried adding
".p2align 4" to
branch targets and they made no differences. Then I started adding different
size of nops after
andl $X86_STRING_CONTROL_AVOID_SHORT_DISTANCE_REP_MOVSB,
__x86_string_control(%rip)
jz 3f
movq %rdi, %rcx
subq %rsi, %rcx
jmp 2f
with ".nops N". I started with N == 1 and doubled N in each step. I
noticed that
improvement started at N == 32. I started bisecting between 16 and 32:
1. 24 and 32 are good.
2. 24 and 28 are good.
3. 25 is the best overall.
>>
>> > (unless you can confirm this yourself).
>> >
>> > Looking forward to a v2 the incorporates the alignment fix (pending Noah's
>> > comments), and my suggestions below.
>>
>> >
>> > > ---
>> > > sysdeps/x86/cacheinfo.h | 7 +++++++
>> > > sysdeps/x86/cpu-features.c | 5 +++++
>> > > .../x86/include/cpu-features-preferred_feature_index_1.def | 1 +
>> > > sysdeps/x86/sysdep.h | 3 +++
>> > > sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/memmove-vec-unaligned-erms.S | 5 +++++
>> > > 5 files changed, 21 insertions(+)
>> > >
>> > > diff --git a/sysdeps/x86/cacheinfo.h b/sysdeps/x86/cacheinfo.h
>> > > index eba8dbc4a6..174ea38f5b 100644
>> > > --- a/sysdeps/x86/cacheinfo.h
>> > > +++ b/sysdeps/x86/cacheinfo.h
>> > > @@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ long int __x86_rep_stosb_threshold attribute_hidden = 2048;
>> > > /* Threshold to stop using Enhanced REP MOVSB. */
>> > > long int __x86_rep_movsb_stop_threshold attribute_hidden;
>> > >
>> > > +/* String/memory function control. */
>> > > +int __x86_string_control attribute_hidden;
>> >
>> > Please expand comment.
>> >
>> > Suggest:
>> >
>> > /* A bit-wise OR of string/memory requirements for optimal performance
>> > e.g. X86_STRING_CONTROL_AVOID_SHORT_DISTANCE_REP_MOVSB. These bits
>> > are used at runtime to tune implementation behavior. */
>> > int __x86_string_control attribute_hidden;
>>
>> I will fix it in the v2 patch.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> > > +
>> > > static void
>> > > init_cacheinfo (void)
>> > > {
>> > > @@ -71,5 +74,9 @@ init_cacheinfo (void)
>> > > __x86_rep_movsb_threshold = cpu_features->rep_movsb_threshold;
>> > > __x86_rep_stosb_threshold = cpu_features->rep_stosb_threshold;
>> > > __x86_rep_movsb_stop_threshold = cpu_features->rep_movsb_stop_threshold;
>> > > +
>> > > + if (CPU_FEATURES_ARCH_P (cpu_features, Avoid_Short_Distance_REP_MOVSB))
>> > > + __x86_string_control
>> > > + |= X86_STRING_CONTROL_AVOID_SHORT_DISTANCE_REP_MOVSB;
>> >
>> > OK.
>> >
>> > > }
>> > > #endif
>> > > diff --git a/sysdeps/x86/cpu-features.c b/sysdeps/x86/cpu-features.c
>> > > index 706a172ba9..645bba6314 100644
>> > > --- a/sysdeps/x86/cpu-features.c
>> > > +++ b/sysdeps/x86/cpu-features.c
>> > > @@ -555,6 +555,11 @@ init_cpu_features (struct cpu_features *cpu_features)
>> > > cpu_features->preferred[index_arch_Prefer_AVX2_STRCMP]
>> > > |= bit_arch_Prefer_AVX2_STRCMP;
>> > > }
>> > > +
>> > > + /* Avoid avoid short distance REP MOVSB on processor with FSRM. */
>> > > + if (CPU_FEATURES_CPU_P (cpu_features, FSRM))
>> > > + cpu_features->preferred[index_arch_Avoid_Short_Distance_REP_MOVSB]
>> > > + |= bit_arch_Avoid_Short_Distance_REP_MOVSB;
>> >
>> > OK.
>> >
>> > > }
>> > > /* This spells out "AuthenticAMD" or "HygonGenuine". */
>> > > else if ((ebx == 0x68747541 && ecx == 0x444d4163 && edx == 0x69746e65)
>> > > diff --git a/sysdeps/x86/include/cpu-features-preferred_feature_index_1.def b/sysdeps/x86/include/cpu-features-preferred_feature_index_1.def
>> > > index 133aab19f1..d7c93f00c5 100644
>> > > --- a/sysdeps/x86/include/cpu-features-preferred_feature_index_1.def
>> > > +++ b/sysdeps/x86/include/cpu-features-preferred_feature_index_1.def
>> > > @@ -33,3 +33,4 @@ BIT (Prefer_No_AVX512)
>> > > BIT (MathVec_Prefer_No_AVX512)
>> > > BIT (Prefer_FSRM)
>> > > BIT (Prefer_AVX2_STRCMP)
>> > > +BIT (Avoid_Short_Distance_REP_MOVSB)
>> >
>> > OK.
>> >
>> > > diff --git a/sysdeps/x86/sysdep.h b/sysdeps/x86/sysdep.h
>> > > index 51c069bfe1..35cb90d507 100644
>> > > --- a/sysdeps/x86/sysdep.h
>> > > +++ b/sysdeps/x86/sysdep.h
>> > > @@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ enum cf_protection_level
>> > > #define STATE_SAVE_MASK \
>> > > ((1 << 1) | (1 << 2) | (1 << 3) | (1 << 5) | (1 << 6) | (1 << 7))
>> > >
>> >
>> > Suggest adding:
>> >
>> > /* Constants for bits in __x86_string_control: */
>> >
>> > > +/* Avoid short distance REP MOVSB. */
>> > > +#define X86_STRING_CONTROL_AVOID_SHORT_DISTANCE_REP_MOVSB (1 << 0)
>> >
>> > OK.
>> >
>> > > +
>> > > #ifdef __ASSEMBLER__
>> > >
>> > > /* Syntactic details of assembler. */
>> > > diff --git a/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/memmove-vec-unaligned-erms.S b/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/memmove-vec-unaligned-erms.S
>> > > index a783da5de2..9f02624375 100644
>> > > --- a/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/memmove-vec-unaligned-erms.S
>> > > +++ b/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/memmove-vec-unaligned-erms.S
>> > > @@ -325,12 +325,16 @@ L(movsb):
>> > > /* Avoid slow backward REP MOVSB. */
>> > > jb L(more_8x_vec_backward)
>> > > # if AVOID_SHORT_DISTANCE_REP_MOVSB
>> > > + andl $X86_STRING_CONTROL_AVOID_SHORT_DISTANCE_REP_MOVSB, __x86_string_control(%rip)
>> > > + jz 3f
>> >
>> > OK.
>> >
>> > > movq %rdi, %rcx
>> > > subq %rsi, %rcx
>> > > jmp 2f
>> > > # endif
>> > > 1:
>> > > # if AVOID_SHORT_DISTANCE_REP_MOVSB
>> > > + andl $X86_STRING_CONTROL_AVOID_SHORT_DISTANCE_REP_MOVSB, __x86_string_control(%rip)
>> > > + jz 3f
>> >
>> > OK.
>> >
>> > > movq %rsi, %rcx
>> > > subq %rdi, %rcx
>> > > 2:
>> > > @@ -338,6 +342,7 @@ L(movsb):
>> > > is N*4GB + [1..63] with N >= 0. */
>> > > cmpl $63, %ecx
>> > > jbe L(more_2x_vec) /* Avoid "rep movsb" if ECX <= 63. */
>> > > +3:
>> >
>> > OK.
>> >
>> > > # endif
>> > > mov %RDX_LP, %RCX_LP
>> > > rep movsb
>> > >
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Cheers,
>> > Carlos.
>> >
>>
>>
>> --
>> H.J.
Here is the v2 patch:
1. Add a 25-byte NOP padding after JMP for Avoid_Short_Distance_REP_MOVSB,
which improves bench-memcpy-random performance on Tiger Lake by ~30%.
2. Update comments for __x86_string_control.
--
H.J.
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