x86: Add `Avoid_STOSB` tunable to allow NT memset without ERMS

H.J. Lu hjl.tools@gmail.com
Tue Aug 13 19:19:25 GMT 2024


On Tue, Aug 13, 2024 at 11:57 AM Noah Goldstein <goldstein.w.n@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> The goal of this flag is to allow targets which don't prefer/have ERMS
> to still access the non-temporal memset implementation.
>
> There are 4 cases for tuning memset:
>     1) `Avoid_STOSB && Avoid_Non_Temporal_Memset`
>         - Memset with temporal stores
>     2) `Avoid_STOSB && !Avoid_Non_Temporal_Memset`
>         - Memset with temporal/non-temporal stores. Non-temporal path
>           goes through `rep stosb` path. We accomplish this by setting
>           `x86_rep_stosb_threshold` to
>           `x86_memset_non_temporal_threshold`.
>     3) `!Avoid_STOSB && Avoid_Non_Temporal_Memset`
>         - Memset with temporal stores/`rep stosb`
>     3) `!Avoid_STOSB && !Avoid_Non_Temporal_Memset`
>         - Memset with temporal stores/`rep stosb`/non-temporal stores.
> ---
>  sysdeps/x86/cpu-features.c                    |  4 +++
>  sysdeps/x86/cpu-tunables.c                    |  2 ++
>  sysdeps/x86/dl-cacheinfo.h                    | 34 ++++++++++++++++---
>  ...cpu-features-preferred_feature_index_1.def |  1 +
>  sysdeps/x86/tst-hwcap-tunables.c              |  6 ++--
>  sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/ifunc-memset.h       | 19 ++++++++---
>  6 files changed, 54 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/sysdeps/x86/cpu-features.c b/sysdeps/x86/cpu-features.c
> index a4786d23c7..15c4ab24a5 100644
> --- a/sysdeps/x86/cpu-features.c
> +++ b/sysdeps/x86/cpu-features.c
> @@ -1119,6 +1119,10 @@ https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000059422/processors.ht
>    if (CPU_FEATURES_CPU_P (cpu_features, CMOV))
>      cpu_features->preferred[index_arch_I686] |= bit_arch_I686;
>
> +  /* No ERMS, we want to avoid stosb for memset.  */
> +  if (CPU_FEATURE_USABLE_P (cpu_features, ERMS))

The comment doesn't match the code.  Did you mean

if (!CPU_FEATURE_USABLE_P (cpu_features, ERMS))
    ^

> +    cpu_features->preferred[index_arch_Avoid_STOSB] |= bit_arch_Avoid_STOSB;
> +
>  #if !HAS_CPUID
>  no_cpuid:
>  #endif
> diff --git a/sysdeps/x86/cpu-tunables.c b/sysdeps/x86/cpu-tunables.c
> index ccc6b64dc2..cd36de2d8b 100644
> --- a/sysdeps/x86/cpu-tunables.c
> +++ b/sysdeps/x86/cpu-tunables.c
> @@ -193,6 +193,8 @@ TUNABLE_CALLBACK (set_hwcaps) (tunable_val_t *valp)
>                                                 11);
>               CHECK_GLIBC_IFUNC_PREFERRED_BOTH (n, cpu_features, Prefer_FSRM,
>                                                 11);
> +             CHECK_GLIBC_IFUNC_PREFERRED_BOTH (n, cpu_features, Avoid_STOSB,
> +                                               11);
>               CHECK_GLIBC_IFUNC_PREFERRED_NEED_BOTH (n, cpu_features,
>                                                      Slow_SSE4_2,
>                                                      SSE4_2,
> diff --git a/sysdeps/x86/dl-cacheinfo.h b/sysdeps/x86/dl-cacheinfo.h
> index 3d0c8d43b8..82e4aa5c19 100644
> --- a/sysdeps/x86/dl-cacheinfo.h
> +++ b/sysdeps/x86/dl-cacheinfo.h
> @@ -1041,18 +1041,42 @@ dl_init_cacheinfo (struct cpu_features *cpu_features)
>         slightly better than ERMS.  */
>      rep_stosb_threshold = SIZE_MAX;
>
> +  /*
> +     For memset, the non-temporal implementation is only accessed through the
> +     stosb code. ie:
> +     ```
> +     if (size >= rep_stosb_thresh)
> +     {
> +       if (size >= non_temporal_thresh)
> +     {
> +     do_non_temporal ();
> +     }
> +       do_stosb ();
> +     }
> +     do_normal_vec_loop ();
> +     ```
> +     So if we prefer non-temporal, set `rep_stosb_thresh = non_temporal_thresh`
> +     to enable the implementation. If `rep_stosb_thresh = non_temporal_thresh`,
> +    `rep stosb` will never be used.
> +   */
> +  TUNABLE_SET_WITH_BOUNDS (x86_memset_non_temporal_threshold,
> +                          memset_non_temporal_threshold,
> +                          minimum_non_temporal_threshold, SIZE_MAX);
> +  /* Do `rep_stosb_thresh = non_temporal_thresh` after setting/getting the
> +     final value of `x86_memset_non_temporal_threshold`. In some cases this can
> +     be a matter of correctness.  */
> +  if (CPU_FEATURES_ARCH_P (cpu_features, Avoid_STOSB))
> +    rep_stosb_threshold
> +       = TUNABLE_GET (x86_memset_non_temporal_threshold, long int, NULL);
> +  TUNABLE_SET_WITH_BOUNDS (x86_rep_stosb_threshold, rep_stosb_threshold, 1,
> +                          SIZE_MAX);
>    TUNABLE_SET_WITH_BOUNDS (x86_data_cache_size, data, 0, SIZE_MAX);
>    TUNABLE_SET_WITH_BOUNDS (x86_shared_cache_size, shared, 0, SIZE_MAX);
>    TUNABLE_SET_WITH_BOUNDS (x86_non_temporal_threshold, non_temporal_threshold,
>                            minimum_non_temporal_threshold,
>                            maximum_non_temporal_threshold);
> -  TUNABLE_SET_WITH_BOUNDS (x86_memset_non_temporal_threshold,
> -                          memset_non_temporal_threshold,
> -                          minimum_non_temporal_threshold, SIZE_MAX);
>    TUNABLE_SET_WITH_BOUNDS (x86_rep_movsb_threshold, rep_movsb_threshold,
>                            minimum_rep_movsb_threshold, SIZE_MAX);
> -  TUNABLE_SET_WITH_BOUNDS (x86_rep_stosb_threshold, rep_stosb_threshold, 1,
> -                          SIZE_MAX);
>
>    unsigned long int rep_movsb_stop_threshold;
>    /* Setting the upper bound of ERMS to the computed value of
> 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 61bbbc2e89..2a58000147 100644
> --- a/sysdeps/x86/include/cpu-features-preferred_feature_index_1.def
> +++ b/sysdeps/x86/include/cpu-features-preferred_feature_index_1.def
> @@ -34,3 +34,4 @@ BIT (MathVec_Prefer_No_AVX512)
>  BIT (Prefer_FSRM)
>  BIT (Avoid_Short_Distance_REP_MOVSB)
>  BIT (Avoid_Non_Temporal_Memset)
> +BIT (Avoid_STOSB)
> diff --git a/sysdeps/x86/tst-hwcap-tunables.c b/sysdeps/x86/tst-hwcap-tunables.c
> index 94307283d7..1920f5057e 100644
> --- a/sysdeps/x86/tst-hwcap-tunables.c
> +++ b/sysdeps/x86/tst-hwcap-tunables.c
> @@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ static const struct test_t
>      /* Disable everything.  */
>      "-Prefer_ERMS,-Prefer_FSRM,-AVX,-AVX2,-AVX512F,-AVX512VL,"
>      "-SSE4_1,-SSE4_2,-SSSE3,-Fast_Unaligned_Load,-ERMS,"
> -    "-AVX_Fast_Unaligned_Load,-Avoid_Non_Temporal_Memset",
> +    "-AVX_Fast_Unaligned_Load,-Avoid_Non_Temporal_Memset,"
> +    "-Avoid_STOSB",
>      test_1,
>      array_length (test_1)
>    },
> @@ -68,7 +69,8 @@ static const struct test_t
>      /* Same as before, but with some empty suboptions.  */
>      ",-,-Prefer_ERMS,-Prefer_FSRM,-AVX,-AVX2,-AVX512F,-AVX512VL,"
>      "-SSE4_1,-SSE4_2,-SSSE3,-Fast_Unaligned_Load,,-,"
> -    "-ERMS,-AVX_Fast_Unaligned_Load,-Avoid_Non_Temporal_Memset,-,",
> +    "-ERMS,-AVX_Fast_Unaligned_Load,-Avoid_Non_Temporal_Memset,"
> +    "-Avoid_STOSB,-,",
>      test_1,
>      array_length (test_1)
>    }
> diff --git a/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/ifunc-memset.h b/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/ifunc-memset.h
> index 7a637ef7ca..2f8ae661f8 100644
> --- a/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/ifunc-memset.h
> +++ b/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/ifunc-memset.h
> @@ -61,7 +61,9 @@ IFUNC_SELECTOR (void)
>           && X86_ISA_CPU_FEATURE_USABLE_P (cpu_features, AVX512BW)
>           && X86_ISA_CPU_FEATURE_USABLE_P (cpu_features, BMI2))
>         {
> -         if (CPU_FEATURE_USABLE_P (cpu_features, ERMS))
> +         if (CPU_FEATURE_USABLE_P (cpu_features, ERMS)
> +             || !CPU_FEATURES_ARCH_P (cpu_features,
> +                                      Avoid_Non_Temporal_Memset))

Please create an inline function instead of duplicating the logic.

>             return OPTIMIZE (avx512_unaligned_erms);
>
>           return OPTIMIZE (avx512_unaligned);
> @@ -76,7 +78,9 @@ IFUNC_SELECTOR (void)
>           && X86_ISA_CPU_FEATURE_USABLE_P (cpu_features, AVX512BW)
>           && X86_ISA_CPU_FEATURE_USABLE_P (cpu_features, BMI2))
>         {
> -         if (CPU_FEATURE_USABLE_P (cpu_features, ERMS))
> +         if (CPU_FEATURE_USABLE_P (cpu_features, ERMS)
> +             || !CPU_FEATURES_ARCH_P (cpu_features,
> +                                      Avoid_Non_Temporal_Memset))
>             return OPTIMIZE (evex_unaligned_erms);
>
>           return OPTIMIZE (evex_unaligned);
> @@ -84,7 +88,9 @@ IFUNC_SELECTOR (void)
>
>        if (CPU_FEATURE_USABLE_P (cpu_features, RTM))
>         {
> -         if (CPU_FEATURE_USABLE_P (cpu_features, ERMS))
> +         if (CPU_FEATURE_USABLE_P (cpu_features, ERMS)
> +             || !CPU_FEATURES_ARCH_P (cpu_features,
> +                                      Avoid_Non_Temporal_Memset))
>             return OPTIMIZE (avx2_unaligned_erms_rtm);
>
>           return OPTIMIZE (avx2_unaligned_rtm);
> @@ -93,14 +99,17 @@ IFUNC_SELECTOR (void)
>        if (X86_ISA_CPU_FEATURES_ARCH_P (cpu_features,
>                                        Prefer_No_VZEROUPPER, !))
>         {
> -         if (CPU_FEATURE_USABLE_P (cpu_features, ERMS))
> +         if (CPU_FEATURE_USABLE_P (cpu_features, ERMS)
> +             || !CPU_FEATURES_ARCH_P (cpu_features,
> +                                      Avoid_Non_Temporal_Memset))
>             return OPTIMIZE (avx2_unaligned_erms);
>
>           return OPTIMIZE (avx2_unaligned);
>         }
>      }
>
> -  if (CPU_FEATURE_USABLE_P (cpu_features, ERMS))
> +  if (CPU_FEATURE_USABLE_P (cpu_features, ERMS)
> +      || !CPU_FEATURES_ARCH_P (cpu_features, Avoid_Non_Temporal_Memset))
>      return OPTIMIZE (sse2_unaligned_erms);
>
>    return OPTIMIZE (sse2_unaligned);
> --
> 2.34.1
>


-- 
H.J.


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