[PATCH] AArch64: Optimize memset

Wilco Dijkstra Wilco.Dijkstra@arm.com
Fri Sep 6 13:21:09 GMT 2024


Improve small memsets by avoiding branches and use overlapping stores.
Use DC ZVA for copies over 128 bytes.  Remove unnecessary code for ZVA sizes
other than 64 and 128.  Performance of random memset benchmark improves by
24% on Neoverse N1.

Passes regress, OK for commit?

---

diff --git a/sysdeps/aarch64/memset.S b/sysdeps/aarch64/memset.S
index 7ef77ee8c926de211a2c6d193a23f49808481a82..a7a5fba66712a82c2b571cc0fda1655fd1178186 100644
--- a/sysdeps/aarch64/memset.S
+++ b/sysdeps/aarch64/memset.S
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 2012-2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+/* Generic optimized memset using SIMD.
+   Copyright (C) 2012-2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
    This file is part of the GNU C Library.
 
@@ -17,7 +18,6 @@
    <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
 
 #include <sysdep.h>
-#include "memset-reg.h"
 
 #ifndef MEMSET
 # define MEMSET memset
@@ -25,130 +25,131 @@
 
 /* Assumptions:
  *
- * ARMv8-a, AArch64, unaligned accesses
+ * ARMv8-a, AArch64, Advanced SIMD, unaligned accesses.
  *
  */
 
-ENTRY (MEMSET)
+#define dstin	x0
+#define val	x1
+#define valw	w1
+#define count	x2
+#define dst	x3
+#define dstend	x4
+#define zva_val	x5
+#define off	x3
+#define dstend2	x5
 
+ENTRY (MEMSET)
 	PTR_ARG (0)
 	SIZE_ARG (2)
-
 	dup	v0.16B, valw
+	cmp	count, 16
+	b.lo	L(set_small)
+
 	add	dstend, dstin, count
+	cmp	count, 64
+	b.hs	L(set_128)
 
-	cmp	count, 96
-	b.hi	L(set_long)
-	cmp	count, 16
-	b.hs	L(set_medium)
-	mov	val, v0.D[0]
+	/* Set 16..63 bytes.  */
+	mov	off, 16
+	and	off, off, count, lsr 1
+	sub	dstend2, dstend, off
+	str	q0, [dstin]
+	str	q0, [dstin, off]
+	str	q0, [dstend2, -16]
+	str	q0, [dstend, -16]
+	ret
 
+	.p2align 4
 	/* Set 0..15 bytes.  */
-	tbz	count, 3, 1f
-	str	val, [dstin]
-	str	val, [dstend, -8]
-	ret
-	nop
-1:	tbz	count, 2, 2f
-	str	valw, [dstin]
-	str	valw, [dstend, -4]
+L(set_small):
+	add	dstend, dstin, count
+	cmp	count, 4
+	b.lo	2f
+	lsr	off, count, 3
+	sub	dstend2, dstend, off, lsl 2
+	str	s0, [dstin]
+	str	s0, [dstin, off, lsl 2]
+	str	s0, [dstend2, -4]
+	str	s0, [dstend, -4]
 	ret
+
+	/* Set 0..3 bytes.  */
 2:	cbz	count, 3f
+	lsr	off, count, 1
 	strb	valw, [dstin]
-	tbz	count, 1, 3f
-	strh	valw, [dstend, -2]
+	strb	valw, [dstin, off]
+	strb	valw, [dstend, -1]
 3:	ret
 
-	/* Set 17..96 bytes.  */
-L(set_medium):
-	str	q0, [dstin]
-	tbnz	count, 6, L(set96)
-	str	q0, [dstend, -16]
-	tbz	count, 5, 1f
-	str	q0, [dstin, 16]
-	str	q0, [dstend, -32]
-1:	ret
-
 	.p2align 4
-	/* Set 64..96 bytes.  Write 64 bytes from the start and
-	   32 bytes from the end.  */
-L(set96):
-	str	q0, [dstin, 16]
+L(set_128):
+	bic	dst, dstin, 15
+	cmp	count, 128
+	b.hi	L(set_long)
+	stp	q0, q0, [dstin]
 	stp	q0, q0, [dstin, 32]
+	stp	q0, q0, [dstend, -64]
 	stp	q0, q0, [dstend, -32]
 	ret
 
-	.p2align 3
-	nop
+	.p2align 4
 L(set_long):
-	and	valw, valw, 255
-	bic	dst, dstin, 15
 	str	q0, [dstin]
-	cmp	count, 256
-	ccmp	valw, 0, 0, cs
-	b.eq	L(try_zva)
-L(no_zva):
-	sub	count, dstend, dst	/* Count is 16 too large.  */
-	sub	dst, dst, 16		/* Dst is biased by -32.  */
-	sub	count, count, 64 + 16	/* Adjust count and bias for loop.  */
-1:	stp	q0, q0, [dst, 32]
-	stp	q0, q0, [dst, 64]!
-L(tail64):
-	subs	count, count, 64
-	b.hi	1b
-2:	stp	q0, q0, [dstend, -64]
+	str	q0, [dst, 16]
+	tst	valw, 255
+	b.ne	L(no_zva)
+#ifndef ZVA64_ONLY
+	mrs	zva_val, dczid_el0
+	and	zva_val, zva_val, 31
+	cmp	zva_val, 4		/* ZVA size is 64 bytes.  */
+	b.ne	L(zva_128)
+#endif
+	stp	q0, q0, [dst, 32]
+	bic	dst, dstin, 63
+	sub	count, dstend, dst	/* Count is now 64 too large.  */
+	sub	count, count, 64 + 64	/* Adjust count and bias for loop.  */
+
+	/* Write last bytes before ZVA loop.  */
+	stp	q0, q0, [dstend, -64]
 	stp	q0, q0, [dstend, -32]
+
+	.p2align 4
+L(zva64_loop):
+	add	dst, dst, 64
+	dc	zva, dst
+	subs	count, count, 64
+	b.hi	L(zva64_loop)
 	ret
 
-L(try_zva):
-#ifndef ZVA64_ONLY
 	.p2align 3
-	mrs	tmp1, dczid_el0
-	tbnz	tmp1w, 4, L(no_zva)
-	and	tmp1w, tmp1w, 15
-	cmp	tmp1w, 4	/* ZVA size is 64 bytes.  */
-	b.ne	 L(zva_128)
-	nop
-#endif
-	/* Write the first and last 64 byte aligned block using stp rather
-	   than using DC ZVA.  This is faster on some cores.
-	 */
-	.p2align 4
-L(zva_64):
-	str	q0, [dst, 16]
+L(no_zva):
+	sub	count, dstend, dst	/* Count is 32 too large.  */
+	sub	count, count, 64 + 32	/* Adjust count and bias for loop.  */
+L(no_zva_loop):
 	stp	q0, q0, [dst, 32]
-	bic	dst, dst, 63
 	stp	q0, q0, [dst, 64]
-	stp	q0, q0, [dst, 96]
-	sub	count, dstend, dst	/* Count is now 128 too large.	*/
-	sub	count, count, 128+64+64	/* Adjust count and bias for loop.  */
-	add	dst, dst, 128
-1:	dc	zva, dst
 	add	dst, dst, 64
 	subs	count, count, 64
-	b.hi	1b
-	stp	q0, q0, [dst, 0]
-	stp	q0, q0, [dst, 32]
+	b.hi	L(no_zva_loop)
 	stp	q0, q0, [dstend, -64]
 	stp	q0, q0, [dstend, -32]
 	ret
 
 #ifndef ZVA64_ONLY
-	.p2align 3
+	.p2align 4
 L(zva_128):
-	cmp	tmp1w, 5	/* ZVA size is 128 bytes.  */
-	b.ne	L(zva_other)
+	cmp	zva_val, 5		/* ZVA size is 128 bytes.  */
+	b.ne	L(no_zva)
 
-	str	q0, [dst, 16]
 	stp	q0, q0, [dst, 32]
 	stp	q0, q0, [dst, 64]
 	stp	q0, q0, [dst, 96]
 	bic	dst, dst, 127
 	sub	count, dstend, dst	/* Count is now 128 too large.	*/
-	sub	count, count, 128+128	/* Adjust count and bias for loop.  */
-	add	dst, dst, 128
-1:	dc	zva, dst
-	add	dst, dst, 128
+	sub	count, count, 128 + 128	/* Adjust count and bias for loop.  */
+1:	add	dst, dst, 128
+	dc	zva, dst
 	subs	count, count, 128
 	b.hi	1b
 	stp	q0, q0, [dstend, -128]
@@ -156,35 +157,6 @@ L(zva_128):
 	stp	q0, q0, [dstend, -64]
 	stp	q0, q0, [dstend, -32]
 	ret
-
-L(zva_other):
-	mov	tmp2w, 4
-	lsl	zva_lenw, tmp2w, tmp1w
-	add	tmp1, zva_len, 64	/* Max alignment bytes written.	 */
-	cmp	count, tmp1
-	blo	L(no_zva)
-
-	sub	tmp2, zva_len, 1
-	add	tmp1, dst, zva_len
-	add	dst, dst, 16
-	subs	count, tmp1, dst	/* Actual alignment bytes to write.  */
-	bic	tmp1, tmp1, tmp2	/* Aligned dc zva start address.  */
-	beq	2f
-1:	stp	q0, q0, [dst], 64
-	stp	q0, q0, [dst, -32]
-	subs	count, count, 64
-	b.hi	1b
-2:	mov	dst, tmp1
-	sub	count, dstend, tmp1	/* Remaining bytes to write.  */
-	subs	count, count, zva_len
-	b.lo	4f
-3:	dc	zva, dst
-	add	dst, dst, zva_len
-	subs	count, count, zva_len
-	b.hs	3b
-4:	add	count, count, zva_len
-	sub	dst, dst, 32		/* Bias dst for tail loop.  */
-	b	L(tail64)
 #endif
 
 END (MEMSET)



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