[PATCH v3 2/2] x86: Add `Avoid_STOSB` tunable to allow NT memset without ERMS

Sunil Pandey skpgkp2@gmail.com
Thu Dec 12 01:30:11 GMT 2024


On Wed, Aug 14, 2024 at 4:15 AM H.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Aug 13, 2024 at 11:37 PM 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       | 18 +++++++---
> >  6 files changed, 53 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/sysdeps/x86/cpu-features.c b/sysdeps/x86/cpu-features.c
> > index a4786d23c7..0fb50f9432 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))
> > +    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..8dc3d7ab5a 100644
> > --- a/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/ifunc-memset.h
> > +++ b/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/ifunc-memset.h
> > @@ -46,6 +46,13 @@ extern __typeof (REDIRECT_NAME) OPTIMIZE
> (sse2_unaligned)
> >  extern __typeof (REDIRECT_NAME) OPTIMIZE (sse2_unaligned_erms)
> >    attribute_hidden;
> >
> > +static inline int
> > +prefer_erms_nt_impl (const struct cpu_features *cpu_features)
> > +{
> > +  return CPU_FEATURE_USABLE_P (cpu_features, ERMS)
> > +        || !CPU_FEATURES_ARCH_P (cpu_features,
> Avoid_Non_Temporal_Memset);
> > +}
> > +
> >  static inline void *
> >  IFUNC_SELECTOR (void)
> >  {
> > @@ -61,7 +68,7 @@ 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 (prefer_erms_nt_impl (cpu_features))
> >             return OPTIMIZE (avx512_unaligned_erms);
> >
> >           return OPTIMIZE (avx512_unaligned);
> > @@ -76,7 +83,7 @@ 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 (prefer_erms_nt_impl (cpu_features))
> >             return OPTIMIZE (evex_unaligned_erms);
> >
> >           return OPTIMIZE (evex_unaligned);
> > @@ -84,7 +91,7 @@ IFUNC_SELECTOR (void)
> >
> >        if (CPU_FEATURE_USABLE_P (cpu_features, RTM))
> >         {
> > -         if (CPU_FEATURE_USABLE_P (cpu_features, ERMS))
> > +         if (prefer_erms_nt_impl (cpu_features))
> >             return OPTIMIZE (avx2_unaligned_erms_rtm);
> >
> >           return OPTIMIZE (avx2_unaligned_rtm);
> > @@ -93,14 +100,15 @@ IFUNC_SELECTOR (void)
> >        if (X86_ISA_CPU_FEATURES_ARCH_P (cpu_features,
> >                                        Prefer_No_VZEROUPPER, !))
> >         {
> > -         if (CPU_FEATURE_USABLE_P (cpu_features, ERMS))
> > +         if (prefer_erms_nt_impl (cpu_features))
> >             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
> >
>
> LGTM.
>
> Reviewed-by: H.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com>
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> H.J.
>

 I would like to backport this patch to release branches.

Any comments or objections?

--Sunil
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