[PATCH V4] powerpc: Optimized strcmp for power10

Amrita H S amritahs@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Thu Nov 30 16:11:59 GMT 2023


This patch is based on __strcmp_power9 and __strlen_power10.

Improvements from __strcmp_power9:

    1. Uses new POWER10 instructions
       - This code uses lxvp to decrease contention on load
         by loading 32 bytes per instruction.

    2. Performance implication
       - This version has around 30% better performance on average.
       - Performance regression is seen for a specific combination
         of sizes and alignments. Some of them is observed without
         changes also, while rest may be induced by the patch.

Signed-off-by: Amrita H S <amritahs@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/le/power10/strcmp.S | 190 ++++++++++++++++++
 sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/Makefile  |   3 +-
 .../powerpc64/multiarch/ifunc-impl-list.c     |   4 +
 .../powerpc64/multiarch/strcmp-power10.S      |  26 +++
 sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/strcmp.c  |   4 +
 5 files changed, 226 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/le/power10/strcmp.S
 create mode 100644 sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/strcmp-power10.S

diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/le/power10/strcmp.S b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/le/power10/strcmp.S
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..056efae948
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/le/power10/strcmp.S
@@ -0,0 +1,190 @@
+/* Optimized strcmp implementation for PowerPC64/POWER10.
+   Copyright (C) 2021-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+#include <sysdep.h>
+
+#ifndef STRCMP
+# define STRCMP strcmp
+#endif
+
+/* Implements the function
+   int [r3] strcmp (const char *s1 [r3], const char *s2 [r4]).  */
+
+/* TODO: Change this to actual instructions when minimum binutils is upgraded
+   to 2.27.  Macros are defined below for these newer instructions in order
+   to maintain compatibility.  */
+
+#define LXVP(xtp,dq,ra)		     \
+	.long(((6)<<(32-6))	     \
+	| ((((xtp)-32)>>1)<<(32-10)) \
+	| ((1)<<(32-11))	     \
+	| ((ra)<<(32-16))	     \
+	| dq)
+
+#define COMPARE_16(vreg1,vreg2,offset)  \
+	lxv       vreg1+32,offset(r3);  \
+	lxv       vreg2+32,offset(r4);	\
+	vcmpnezb. v7,vreg1,vreg2;	\
+	bne       cr6,L(different);     \
+
+#define COMPARE_32(vreg1,vreg2,offset,label1,label2) \
+	LXVP(vreg1+32,offset,r3);                    \
+	LXVP(vreg2+32,offset,r4);                    \
+	vcmpnezb. v7,vreg1+1,vreg2+1;                \
+	bne	  cr6,L(label1);                     \
+	vcmpnezb. v7,vreg1,vreg2;                    \
+	bne	  cr6,L(label2);                     \
+
+#define TAIL(vreg1,vreg2)     \
+	vctzlsbb r6,v7;	      \
+	vextubrx r5,r6,vreg1; \
+	vextubrx r4,r6,vreg2; \
+	subf	 r3,r4,r5;    \
+	blr;                  \
+
+#define CHECK_N_BYTES(reg1,reg2,len_reg) \
+	mr	  r0,len_reg;            \
+	sldi	  r0,r0,56;              \
+	lxvl	  32+v4,reg1,r0;         \
+	lxvl	  32+v5,reg2,r0;         \
+	add	  reg1,reg1,len_reg;     \
+	add	  reg2,reg2,len_reg;     \
+	vcmpnezb. v7,v4,v5;              \
+	vctzlsbb  r6,v7;                 \
+	cmpld	  cr7,r6,len_reg;        \
+	blt	  cr7,L(different);      \
+
+	/* TODO: change this to .machine power10 when the minimum required
+	binutils allows it.  */
+
+	.machine  power9
+ENTRY_TOCLESS (STRCMP, 4)
+	li	 r11,16
+	/* r12 is used as swap status flag to indicate if source pointers
+	were swapped.  */
+	li 	 r12,0
+	vspltisb v19,-1
+	andi.	 r7,r3,15
+	sub	 r7,r11,r7	/* r7(nalign1) = 16 - (str1 & 15).  */
+	andi.	 r9,r4,15
+	sub	 r5,r11,r9	/* r5(nalign2) = 16 - (str2 & 15).  */
+	cmpld	 cr7,r7,r5
+	beq	 cr7,L(same_aligned)
+	blt	 cr7,L(nalign1_min)
+	/* Swap r3 and r4, and r7 and r8 such that r3 and r7 hold the
+	pointer which is closer to the next 16B boundary so that only
+	one CHECK_N_BYTES is needed before entering the loop below.  */
+	mr	 r8,r4
+	mr	 r4,r3
+	mr	 r3,r8
+	mr	 r7,r5
+	li	 r12,1		/* Set flag on swapping source pointers.  */
+L(nalign1_min):
+	CHECK_N_BYTES(r3,r4,r7)
+
+L(s1_aligned):
+	li	r10,4096
+	andi.	r9,r4,15
+	sub	r8,r10,r9 	/* r8 is rem_step = page_size - (str2&15).  */
+	rlwinm	r7,r4,28,0xFF	/* r7 is rem = (4096-(str2&(4096-1)))/16.  */
+	subfic	r7,r7,255	/* This can be reduced to 255-(r4&4095)>>4.  */
+	/* Below check is required only for first iteration. For second
+	iteration and beyond, new loop counter is always 255.  */
+	cmpldi	r7,0
+	ble	L(L3)
+L(L1):
+	mtctr	r7
+L(L2):
+	COMPARE_16(v4,v5,0)	/* Load 16B blocks using lxv.  */
+	addi	r3,r3,16
+	addi	r4,r4,16
+	bdnz	L(L2)
+	/* Cross the page boundary of s2, carefully. r9 ans r5 is number of
+	bytes to be read after and before page boundary correspondingly.  */
+L(L3):
+	andi.	r9,r4,15
+	sub	r5,r11,r9
+	CHECK_N_BYTES(r3,r4,r5)
+	CHECK_N_BYTES(r3,r4,r9)
+	li 	r7,255
+	b	L(L1)
+
+L(same_aligned):
+	CHECK_N_BYTES(r3,r4,r7)
+        /* Align s1 to 32B and adjust s2 address.
+	   Use lxvp only if both s1 and s2 are 32B aligned.  */
+	COMPARE_16(v4,v5,0)
+	COMPARE_16(v4,v5,16)
+	COMPARE_16(v4,v5,32)
+	COMPARE_16(v4,v5,48)
+	addi	r3,r3,64
+	addi	r4,r4,64
+	COMPARE_16(v4,v5,0)
+	COMPARE_16(v4,v5,16)
+
+	clrldi	r6,r3,59
+	subfic	r5,r6,32
+	add	r3,r3,r5
+	add	r4,r4,r5
+	andi.	r5,r4,0x1F
+	beq	cr0,L(32B_aligned_loop)
+
+L(16B_aligned_loop):
+	COMPARE_16(v4,v5,0)
+	COMPARE_16(v4,v5,16)
+	COMPARE_16(v4,v5,32)
+	COMPARE_16(v4,v5,48)
+	addi	r3,r3,64
+	addi	r4,r4,64
+	b	L(16B_aligned_loop)
+
+	/* Calculate and return the difference.  */
+L(different):
+	vctzlsbb r6,v7
+	vextubrx r5,r6,v4
+	vextubrx r4,r6,v5
+	cmpldi	 r12,1
+	beq  	 L(swapped)
+	subf	 r3,r4,r5
+	blr
+
+	/* If src pointers were swapped, then swap the
+	indices and calculate the return value.  */
+L(swapped):
+	subf     r3,r5,r4
+	blr
+
+L(32B_aligned_loop):
+	COMPARE_32(v14,v16,0,tail1,tail2)
+	COMPARE_32(v18,v20,32,tail3,tail4)
+	COMPARE_32(v22,v24,64,tail5,tail6)
+	COMPARE_32(v26,v28,96,tail7,tail8)
+	addi	r3,r3,128
+	addi	r4,r4,128
+	b	L(32B_aligned_loop)
+
+L(tail1): TAIL(v15,v17)
+L(tail2): TAIL(v14,v16)
+L(tail3): TAIL(v19,v21)
+L(tail4): TAIL(v18,v20)
+L(tail5): TAIL(v23,v25)
+L(tail6): TAIL(v22,v24)
+L(tail7): TAIL(v27,v29)
+L(tail8): TAIL(v26,v28)
+
+END (STRCMP)
+libc_hidden_builtin_def (strcmp)
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/Makefile b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/Makefile
index 27d8495503..d7824a922b 100644
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/Makefile
+++ b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/Makefile
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ sysdep_routines += memcpy-power8-cached memcpy-power7 memcpy-a2 memcpy-power6 \
 ifneq (,$(filter %le,$(config-machine)))
 sysdep_routines += memcmp-power10 memcpy-power10 memmove-power10 memset-power10 \
 		   rawmemchr-power9 rawmemchr-power10 \
-		   strcmp-power9 strncmp-power9 strcpy-power9 stpcpy-power9 \
+		   strcmp-power9 strcmp-power10 strncmp-power9 \
+		   strcpy-power9 stpcpy-power9 \
 		   strlen-power9 strncpy-power9 stpncpy-power9 strlen-power10
 endif
 CFLAGS-strncase-power7.c += -mcpu=power7 -funroll-loops
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/ifunc-impl-list.c b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/ifunc-impl-list.c
index ebe9434052..ca1f57e1e2 100644
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/ifunc-impl-list.c
+++ b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/ifunc-impl-list.c
@@ -376,6 +376,10 @@ __libc_ifunc_impl_list (const char *name, struct libc_ifunc_impl *array,
   /* Support sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/strcmp.c.  */
   IFUNC_IMPL (i, name, strcmp,
 #ifdef __LITTLE_ENDIAN__
+	      IFUNC_IMPL_ADD (array, i, strcmp,
+			      (hwcap2 & PPC_FEATURE2_ARCH_3_1)
+			      && (hwcap & PPC_FEATURE_HAS_VSX),
+			      __strcmp_power10)
 	      IFUNC_IMPL_ADD (array, i, strcmp,
 			      hwcap2 & PPC_FEATURE2_ARCH_3_00
 			      && hwcap & PPC_FEATURE_HAS_ALTIVEC,
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/strcmp-power10.S b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/strcmp-power10.S
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c80067ce33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/strcmp-power10.S
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/* Optimized strcmp implementation for POWER10/PPC64.
+   Copyright (C) 2021-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#if defined __LITTLE_ENDIAN__ && IS_IN (libc)
+#define STRCMP __strcmp_power10
+
+#undef libc_hidden_builtin_def
+#define libc_hidden_builtin_def(name)
+
+#include <sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/le/power10/strcmp.S>
+#endif /* __LITTLE_ENDIAN__ && IS_IN (libc) */
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/strcmp.c b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/strcmp.c
index 31fcdee916..f1dac99b66 100644
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/strcmp.c
+++ b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/strcmp.c
@@ -29,12 +29,16 @@ extern __typeof (strcmp) __strcmp_power7 attribute_hidden;
 extern __typeof (strcmp) __strcmp_power8 attribute_hidden;
 # ifdef __LITTLE_ENDIAN__
 extern __typeof (strcmp) __strcmp_power9 attribute_hidden;
+extern __typeof (strcmp) __strcmp_power10 attribute_hidden;
 # endif
 
 # undef strcmp
 
 libc_ifunc_redirected (__redirect_strcmp, strcmp,
 # ifdef __LITTLE_ENDIAN__
+		        (hwcap2 & PPC_FEATURE2_ARCH_3_1
+			 && hwcap & PPC_FEATURE_HAS_VSX)
+			? __strcmp_power10 :
 			(hwcap2 & PPC_FEATURE2_ARCH_3_00
 			 && hwcap & PPC_FEATURE_HAS_ALTIVEC)
 			? __strcmp_power9 :
-- 
2.41.0



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