[PATCH v4] powerpc64: optimize strcpy and stpcpy for POWER9/10

Andreas K. Huettel andreas.huettel@ur.de
Tue Jul 9 10:22:27 GMT 2024


Do you still want this in 2.40 ?

(If not urgent, I'd prefer to have it go into master after the release and 
backport it somewhat later.)


Am Montag, 8. Juli 2024, 11:49:07 CEST schrieb MAHESH BODAPATI:
> From: Mahesh Bodapati <bmahi496@linux.ibm.com>
> 
> This patch modifies the current POWER9 implementation of strcpy and
> stpcpy to optimize it for POWER9/10.
> 
> Since no new POWER10 instructions are used, the original POWER9
> strcpy is modified instead of creating a new implementation for POWER10.
> 
> The changes also affect stpcpy, which uses the same implementation
> with some additional code before returning.
> 
> Improvements compared to POWER9 version:
> 
> Use simple comparisons for the first ~512 bytes
>   The main loop is good for long strings, but comparing 16B each time is
>   better for shorter strings. After aligning the address to 16 bytes, we
>   unroll the loop four times, checking 128 bytes each time. There may be
>   some overlap with the main loop for unaligned strings, but it is better
>   for shorter strings.
> 
> Loop with 64 bytes for longer bytes
>   using 4 consecutive lxv/stxv instructions.
> 
> Showed an average improvement of 13%.
> ---
>  Changes v3 -> v4:
>  - Used a tab after the opcode.
> 
>  sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/le/power9/strcpy.S | 276 +++++++++++++++----
>  1 file changed, 223 insertions(+), 53 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/le/power9/strcpy.S b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/le/power9/strcpy.S
> index 603bde1e39..2f50625a19 100644
> --- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/le/power9/strcpy.S
> +++ b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/le/power9/strcpy.S
> @@ -42,22 +42,48 @@
>  
>     if USE_AS_STPCPY is defined.
>  
> -   The implementation can load bytes past a null terminator, but only
> -   up to the next 16B boundary, so it never crosses a page.  */
> +   This implementation never reads across a page boundary, but may
> +   read beyond the NUL terminator.  */
>  
> -/* Load quadword at addr+offset to vreg, check for null bytes,
> +/* Load 4 quadwords, merge into one VR for speed and check for NUL
> +   and branch to label if NUL is found.  */
> +#define CHECK_64B(offset,addr,label)		\
> +	lxv	32+v4,(offset+0)(addr);		\
> +	lxv	32+v5,(offset+16)(addr);	\
> +	lxv	32+v6,(offset+32)(addr);	\
> +	lxv	32+v7,(offset+48)(addr);	\
> +	vminub	v14,v4,v5;			\
> +	vminub	v15,v6,v7;			\
> +	vminub	v16,v14,v15;			\
> +	vcmpequb.	v0,v16,v18;		\
> +	beq	cr6,$+12;			\
> +	li	r7,offset;			\
> +	b	L(label);			\
> +	stxv	32+v4,(offset+0)(r11);		\
> +	stxv	32+v5,(offset+16)(r11);		\
> +	stxv	32+v6,(offset+32)(r11);		\
> +	stxv	32+v7,(offset+48)(r11)
> +
> +/* Load quadword at addr+offset to vreg, check for NUL bytes,
>     and branch to label if any are found.  */
> -#define CHECK16(vreg,offset,addr,label) \
> -	lxv	vreg+32,offset(addr);	\
> -	vcmpequb. v6,vreg,v18;	\
> +#define CHECK_16B(vreg,offset,addr,label)	\
> +	lxv	vreg+32,offset(addr);		\
> +	vcmpequb.	v15,vreg,v18;		\
>  	bne	cr6,L(label);
>  
> -.machine power9
> +/* Store vreg2 with length if NUL is found.  */
> +#define STORE_WITH_LEN(vreg1,vreg2,reg)	\
> +	vctzlsbb	r8,vreg1;		\
> +	addi	r9,r8,1;			\
> +	sldi	r9,r9,56;			\
> +	stxvl	32+vreg2,reg,r9;
> +
> +.machine	power9
>  ENTRY_TOCLESS (FUNC_NAME, 4)
>  	CALL_MCOUNT 2
>  
> -	vspltisb v18,0		/* Zeroes in v18  */
> -	vspltisb v19,-1 	/* 0xFF bytes in v19  */
> +	vspltisb	v18,0		/* Zeroes in v18.  */
> +	vspltisb	v19,-1		/* 0xFF bytes in v19.  */
>  
>  	/* Next 16B-aligned address. Prepare address for L(loop).  */
>  	addi	r5,r4,16
> @@ -70,14 +96,11 @@ ENTRY_TOCLESS (FUNC_NAME, 4)
>  	lvsr	v1,0,r4
>  	vperm	v0,v19,v0,v1
>  
> -	vcmpequb. v6,v0,v18	/* 0xff if byte is NULL, 0x00 otherwise  */
> +	vcmpequb.	v6,v0,v18	/* 0xff if byte is NUL, 0x00 otherwise.  */
>  	beq	cr6,L(no_null)
>  
> -	/* There's a null byte.  */
> -	vctzlsbb r8,v6		/* Number of trailing zeroes  */
> -	addi	r9,r8,1 	/* Add null byte.  */
> -	sldi	r10,r9,56	/* stxvl wants size in top 8 bits.  */
> -	stxvl	32+v0,r3,r10	/* Partial store  */
> +	/* There's a NUL byte.  */
> +	STORE_WITH_LEN(v6,v0,r3)
>  
>  #ifdef USE_AS_STPCPY
>  	/* stpcpy returns the dest address plus the size not counting the
> @@ -87,17 +110,22 @@ ENTRY_TOCLESS (FUNC_NAME, 4)
>  	blr
>  
>  L(no_null):
> -	sldi	r10,r8,56	/* stxvl wants size in top 8 bits  */
> -	stxvl	32+v0,r3,r10	/* Partial store  */
> +	sldi	r10,r8,56	/* stxvl wants size in top 8 bits.  */
> +	stxvl	32+v0,r3,r10	/* Partial store.  */
>  
> +/* The main loop is optimized for longer strings(> 512 bytes),
> +   so checking the first bytes in 16B chunks benefits shorter
> +   strings a lot.  */
>  	.p2align 4
> -L(loop):
> -	CHECK16(v0,0,r5,tail1)
> -	CHECK16(v1,16,r5,tail2)
> -	CHECK16(v2,32,r5,tail3)
> -	CHECK16(v3,48,r5,tail4)
> -	CHECK16(v4,64,r5,tail5)
> -	CHECK16(v5,80,r5,tail6)
> +L(aligned):
> +	CHECK_16B(v0,0,r5,tail1)
> +	CHECK_16B(v1,16,r5,tail2)
> +	CHECK_16B(v2,32,r5,tail3)
> +	CHECK_16B(v3,48,r5,tail4)
> +	CHECK_16B(v4,64,r5,tail5)
> +	CHECK_16B(v5,80,r5,tail6)
> +	CHECK_16B(v6,96,r5,tail7)
> +	CHECK_16B(v7,112,r5,tail8)
>  
>  	stxv	32+v0,0(r11)
>  	stxv	32+v1,16(r11)
> @@ -105,21 +133,146 @@ L(loop):
>  	stxv	32+v3,48(r11)
>  	stxv	32+v4,64(r11)
>  	stxv	32+v5,80(r11)
> +	stxv	32+v6,96(r11)
> +	stxv	32+v7,112(r11)
>  
> -	addi	r5,r5,96
> -	addi	r11,r11,96
> +	addi	r11,r11,128
> +
> +	CHECK_16B(v0,128,r5,tail1)
> +	CHECK_16B(v1,128+16,r5,tail2)
> +	CHECK_16B(v2,128+32,r5,tail3)
> +	CHECK_16B(v3,128+48,r5,tail4)
> +	CHECK_16B(v4,128+64,r5,tail5)
> +	CHECK_16B(v5,128+80,r5,tail6)
> +	CHECK_16B(v6,128+96,r5,tail7)
> +	CHECK_16B(v7,128+112,r5,tail8)
> +
> +	stxv	32+v0,0(r11)
> +	stxv	32+v1,16(r11)
> +	stxv	32+v2,32(r11)
> +	stxv	32+v3,48(r11)
> +	stxv	32+v4,64(r11)
> +	stxv	32+v5,80(r11)
> +	stxv	32+v6,96(r11)
> +	stxv	32+v7,112(r11)
> +
> +	addi	r11,r11,128
> +
> +	CHECK_16B(v0,256,r5,tail1)
> +	CHECK_16B(v1,256+16,r5,tail2)
> +	CHECK_16B(v2,256+32,r5,tail3)
> +	CHECK_16B(v3,256+48,r5,tail4)
> +	CHECK_16B(v4,256+64,r5,tail5)
> +	CHECK_16B(v5,256+80,r5,tail6)
> +	CHECK_16B(v6,256+96,r5,tail7)
> +	CHECK_16B(v7,256+112,r5,tail8)
> +
> +	stxv	32+v0,0(r11)
> +	stxv	32+v1,16(r11)
> +	stxv	32+v2,32(r11)
> +	stxv	32+v3,48(r11)
> +	stxv	32+v4,64(r11)
> +	stxv	32+v5,80(r11)
> +	stxv	32+v6,96(r11)
> +	stxv	32+v7,112(r11)
> +
> +	addi	r11,r11,128
> +
> +	CHECK_16B(v0,384,r5,tail1)
> +	CHECK_16B(v1,384+16,r5,tail2)
> +	CHECK_16B(v2,384+32,r5,tail3)
> +	CHECK_16B(v3,384+48,r5,tail4)
> +	CHECK_16B(v4,384+64,r5,tail5)
> +	CHECK_16B(v5,384+80,r5,tail6)
> +	CHECK_16B(v6,384+96,r5,tail7)
> +	CHECK_16B(v7,384+112,r5,tail8)
> +
> +	stxv	32+v0,0(r11)
> +	stxv	32+v1,16(r11)
> +	stxv	32+v2,32(r11)
> +	stxv	32+v3,48(r11)
> +	stxv	32+v4,64(r11)
> +	stxv	32+v5,80(r11)
> +	stxv	32+v6,96(r11)
> +	stxv	32+v7,112(r11)
> +
> +	/* Align src pointer down to a 64B boundary.  */
> +	addi	r5,r4,512
> +	clrrdi	r5,r5,6
> +	subf	r7,r4,r5
> +	add	r11,r3,r7
> +
> +/* Switch to a more aggressive approach checking 64B each time.  */
> +	.p2align 5
> +L(strcpy_loop):
> +	CHECK_64B(0,r5,tail_64b)
> +	CHECK_64B(64,r5,tail_64b)
> +	CHECK_64B(128,r5,tail_64b)
> +	CHECK_64B(192,r5,tail_64b)
> +
> +	CHECK_64B(256,r5,tail_64b)
> +	CHECK_64B(256+64,r5,tail_64b)
> +	CHECK_64B(256+128,r5,tail_64b)
> +	CHECK_64B(256+192,r5,tail_64b)
> +	addi	r5,r5,512
> +	addi	r11,r11,512
> +
> +	b	L(strcpy_loop)
> +
> +	.p2align 5
> +L(tail_64b):
> +	/* OK, we found a NUL byte.  Let's look for it in the current 64-byte
> +	   block and mark it in its corresponding VR.  */
> +	add	r11,r11,r7
> +	vcmpequb.	v8,v4,v18
> +	beq	cr6,L(no_null_16B)
> +	/* There's a NUL byte.  */
> +	STORE_WITH_LEN(v8,v4,r11)
> +#ifdef USE_AS_STPCPY
> +	add	r3,r11,r8
> +#endif
> +	blr
> +
> +L(no_null_16B):
> +	stxv	32+v4,0(r11)
> +	vcmpequb.	v8,v5,v18
> +	beq	cr6,L(no_null_32B)
> +	/* There's a NUL byte.  */
> +	addi	r11,r11,16
> +	STORE_WITH_LEN(v8,v5,r11)
> +#ifdef USE_AS_STPCPY
> +	add	r3,r11,r8
> +#endif
> +	blr
>  
> -	b	L(loop)
> +L(no_null_32B):
> +	stxv	32+v5,16(r11)
> +	vcmpequb.	v8,v6,v18
> +	beq	cr6,L(no_null_48B)
> +	/* There's a NUL byte.  */
> +	addi	r11,r11,32
> +	STORE_WITH_LEN(v8,v6,r11)
> +#ifdef USE_AS_STPCPY
> +	add	r3,r11,r8
> +#endif
> +	blr
> +
> +L(no_null_48B):
> +	stxv	32+v6,32(r11)
> +	vcmpequb.	v8,v7,v18;
> +	/* There's a NUL byte.  */
> +	addi	r11,r11,48
> +	STORE_WITH_LEN(v8,v7,r11)
> +#ifdef USE_AS_STPCPY
> +	add	r3,r11,r8
> +#endif
> +	blr
>  
>  	.p2align 4
>  L(tail1):
> -	vctzlsbb r8,v6		/* Number of trailing zeroes  */
> -	addi	r9,r8,1		/* Add null terminator  */
> -	sldi	r9,r9,56	/* stxvl wants size in top 8 bits  */
> -	stxvl	32+v0,r11,r9	/* Partial store  */
> +	/* There's a NUL byte.  */
> +	STORE_WITH_LEN(v15,v0,r11)
>  #ifdef USE_AS_STPCPY
> -	/* stpcpy returns the dest address plus the size not counting the
> -	   final '\0'.  */
>  	add	r3,r11,r8
>  #endif
>  	blr
> @@ -127,11 +280,9 @@ L(tail1):
>  	.p2align 4
>  L(tail2):
>  	stxv	32+v0,0(r11)
> -	vctzlsbb r8,v6
> -	addi	r9,r8,1
> -	sldi	r9,r9,56
> +	/* There's a NUL byte.  */
>  	addi	r11,r11,16
> -	stxvl	32+v1,r11,r9
> +	STORE_WITH_LEN(v15,v1,r11)
>  #ifdef USE_AS_STPCPY
>  	add	r3,r11,r8
>  #endif
> @@ -141,11 +292,8 @@ L(tail2):
>  L(tail3):
>  	stxv	32+v0,0(r11)
>  	stxv	32+v1,16(r11)
> -	vctzlsbb r8,v6
> -	addi	r9,r8,1
> -	sldi	r9,r9,56
>  	addi	r11,r11,32
> -	stxvl	32+v2,r11,r9
> +	STORE_WITH_LEN(v15,v2,r11)
>  #ifdef USE_AS_STPCPY
>  	add	r3,r11,r8
>  #endif
> @@ -156,11 +304,8 @@ L(tail4):
>  	stxv	32+v0,0(r11)
>  	stxv	32+v1,16(r11)
>  	stxv	32+v2,32(r11)
> -	vctzlsbb r8,v6
> -	addi	r9,r8,1
> -	sldi	r9,r9,56
>  	addi	r11,r11,48
> -	stxvl	32+v3,r11,r9
> +	STORE_WITH_LEN(v15,v3,r11)
>  #ifdef USE_AS_STPCPY
>  	add	r3,r11,r8
>  #endif
> @@ -172,11 +317,8 @@ L(tail5):
>  	stxv	32+v1,16(r11)
>  	stxv	32+v2,32(r11)
>  	stxv	32+v3,48(r11)
> -	vctzlsbb r8,v6
> -	addi	r9,r8,1
> -	sldi	r9,r9,56
>  	addi	r11,r11,64
> -	stxvl	32+v4,r11,r9
> +	STORE_WITH_LEN(v15,v4,r11)
>  #ifdef USE_AS_STPCPY
>  	add	r3,r11,r8
>  #endif
> @@ -189,11 +331,39 @@ L(tail6):
>  	stxv	32+v2,32(r11)
>  	stxv	32+v3,48(r11)
>  	stxv	32+v4,64(r11)
> -	vctzlsbb r8,v6
> -	addi	r9,r8,1
> -	sldi	r9,r9,56
>  	addi	r11,r11,80
> -	stxvl	32+v5,r11,r9
> +	STORE_WITH_LEN(v15,v5,r11)
> +#ifdef USE_AS_STPCPY
> +	add	r3,r11,r8
> +#endif
> +	blr
> +
> +	.p2align 4
> +L(tail7):
> +	stxv	32+v0,0(r11)
> +	stxv	32+v1,16(r11)
> +	stxv	32+v2,32(r11)
> +	stxv	32+v3,48(r11)
> +	stxv	32+v4,64(r11)
> +	stxv	32+v5,80(r11)
> +	addi	r11,r11,96
> +	STORE_WITH_LEN(v15,v6,r11)
> +#ifdef USE_AS_STPCPY
> +	add	r3,r11,r8
> +#endif
> +	blr
> +
> +	.p2align 4
> +L(tail8):
> +	stxv	32+v0,0(r11)
> +	stxv	32+v1,16(r11)
> +	stxv	32+v2,32(r11)
> +	stxv	32+v3,48(r11)
> +	stxv	32+v4,64(r11)
> +	stxv	32+v5,80(r11)
> +	stxv	32+v6,96(r11)
> +	addi	r11,r11,112
> +	STORE_WITH_LEN(v15,v7,r11)
>  #ifdef USE_AS_STPCPY
>  	add	r3,r11,r8
>  #endif
> 


-- 
PD Dr. Andreas K. Huettel
Institute for Experimental and Applied Physics
University of Regensburg
93040 Regensburg
Germany

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