[PATCH v7 2/2] RISC-V: add riscv vector support for memcpy

Vineet Gupta vineetg@rivosinc.com
Sat Aug 16 04:41:13 GMT 2025



On 2/22/25 01:11, Anton Blanchard wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Fri, Feb 21, 2025 at 8:57 PM <daichengrong@iscas.ac.cn> wrote:
>> From: daichengrong <daichengrong@iscas.ac.cn>
>>
>> Change in v7:
>>    update dl_hwcap support using kernel header
>>    update rvv memcpy compile with option,+v
>>    delete optimization for small lengths
> I tested this again on our upcoming Tenstorrent Ascalon CPU and (as
> before) it's a 3x speedup on long lengths, a clear improvement for
> everything 16 bytes onwards and no significant regressions on lengths
> less than 16 bytes.
>
> Tested-by: Anton Blanchard <antonb@tenstorrent.com>

Hi Palmer,

Is this patch series blocked by something ?

Thx,
-Vineet

>
> Anton
>
>> Change in v6:
>>    Optimize the RVV memcpy for small lengths less than VLEN/8 bytes
>>
>> Changes in v5:
>>    check ifunc-impl-list memcpy vector support with by dl_hwcap
>>
>> Changes in v4:
>>    update rvv memcpy support by compiler
>>    check whether rvv enabled by dl_hwcap
>>
>> Changes in v2:
>>    delete size-0 branch
>> ---
>>  sysdeps/riscv/multiarch/memcpy_vector.S       | 37 +++++++++++++++++++
>>  .../unix/sysv/linux/riscv/multiarch/Makefile  |  6 +++
>>  .../linux/riscv/multiarch/ifunc-impl-list.c   | 14 +++++++
>>  .../unix/sysv/linux/riscv/multiarch/memcpy.c  |  8 ++++
>>  4 files changed, 65 insertions(+)
>>  create mode 100644 sysdeps/riscv/multiarch/memcpy_vector.S
>>
>> diff --git a/sysdeps/riscv/multiarch/memcpy_vector.S b/sysdeps/riscv/multiarch/memcpy_vector.S
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 0000000000..eaf28aaf6d
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/sysdeps/riscv/multiarch/memcpy_vector.S
>> @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
>> +/* memcpy for RISC-V Vector.
>> +   Copyright (C) 2024-2025 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>
>> +#include <sys/asm.h>
>> +
>> +ENTRY (__memcpy_vector)
>> +.option push
>> +.option arch, +v
>> +    mv     a6, a0
>> +L(loop):
>> +    vsetvli a3,a2,e8,m8,ta,ma
>> +    vle8.v  v8,(a1)
>> +    vse8.v  v8,(a6)
>> +    add     a1,a1,a3
>> +    sub     a2,a2,a3
>> +    add     a6,a6,a3
>> +    bnez    a2,L(loop)
>> +    ret
>> +.option pop
>> +END (__memcpy_vector)
>> diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/riscv/multiarch/Makefile b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/riscv/multiarch/Makefile
>> index fcef5659d4..478338006b 100644
>> --- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/riscv/multiarch/Makefile
>> +++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/riscv/multiarch/Makefile
>> @@ -5,5 +5,11 @@ sysdep_routines += \
>>    memcpy_noalignment \
>>    # sysdep_routines
>>
>> +ifeq ($(have-gcc-riscv-rvv),yes)
>> +sysdep_routines += \
>> +  memcpy_vector \
>> +  # rvv sysdep_routines
>> +endif
>> +
>>  CFLAGS-memcpy_noalignment.c += -mno-strict-align
>>  endif
>> diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/riscv/multiarch/ifunc-impl-list.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/riscv/multiarch/ifunc-impl-list.c
>> index 1c1deca8f6..26f3376d23 100644
>> --- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/riscv/multiarch/ifunc-impl-list.c
>> +++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/riscv/multiarch/ifunc-impl-list.c
>> @@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
>>  #include <ifunc-impl-list.h>
>>  #include <string.h>
>>  #include <sys/hwprobe.h>
>> +#include <ldsodefs.h>
>> +#include <asm/hwcap.h>
>>
>>  size_t
>>  __libc_ifunc_impl_list (const char *name, struct libc_ifunc_impl *array,
>> @@ -27,6 +29,9 @@ __libc_ifunc_impl_list (const char *name, struct libc_ifunc_impl *array,
>>    size_t i = max;
>>
>>    bool fast_unaligned = false;
>> +#if defined(HAVE_RISCV_ASM_VECTOR_SUPPORT)
>> +  bool rvv_ext = false;
>> +#endif
>>
>>    struct riscv_hwprobe pair = { .key = RISCV_HWPROBE_KEY_CPUPERF_0 };
>>    if (__riscv_hwprobe (&pair, 1, 0, NULL, 0) == 0
>> @@ -34,7 +39,16 @@ __libc_ifunc_impl_list (const char *name, struct libc_ifunc_impl *array,
>>            == RISCV_HWPROBE_MISALIGNED_FAST)
>>      fast_unaligned = true;
>>
>> +#if defined(HAVE_RISCV_ASM_VECTOR_SUPPORT)
>> +  if (GLRO(dl_hwcap) & COMPAT_HWCAP_ISA_V)
>> +    rvv_ext = true;
>> +#endif
>> +
>>    IFUNC_IMPL (i, name, memcpy,
>> +#if defined(HAVE_RISCV_ASM_VECTOR_SUPPORT)
>> +             IFUNC_IMPL_ADD (array, i, memcpy, rvv_ext,
>> +                             __memcpy_vector)
>> +#endif
>>               IFUNC_IMPL_ADD (array, i, memcpy, fast_unaligned,
>>                               __memcpy_noalignment)
>>               IFUNC_IMPL_ADD (array, i, memcpy, 1, __memcpy_generic))
>> diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/riscv/multiarch/memcpy.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/riscv/multiarch/memcpy.c
>> index 8544f5402a..4bedd21866 100644
>> --- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/riscv/multiarch/memcpy.c
>> +++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/riscv/multiarch/memcpy.c
>> @@ -27,16 +27,24 @@
>>  # include <ifunc-init.h>
>>  # include <riscv-ifunc.h>
>>  # include <sys/hwprobe.h>
>> +# include <asm/hwcap.h>
>>
>>  extern __typeof (__redirect_memcpy) __libc_memcpy;
>>
>>  extern __typeof (__redirect_memcpy) __memcpy_generic attribute_hidden;
>>  extern __typeof (__redirect_memcpy) __memcpy_noalignment attribute_hidden;
>> +extern __typeof (__redirect_memcpy) __memcpy_vector attribute_hidden;
>>
>>  static inline __typeof (__redirect_memcpy) *
>>  select_memcpy_ifunc (uint64_t dl_hwcap, __riscv_hwprobe_t hwprobe_func)
>>  {
>>    unsigned long long int v;
>> +
>> +#if defined(HAVE_RISCV_ASM_VECTOR_SUPPORT)
>> +  if (dl_hwcap & COMPAT_HWCAP_ISA_V)
>> +    return __memcpy_vector;
>> +#endif
>> +
>>    if (__riscv_hwprobe_one (hwprobe_func, RISCV_HWPROBE_KEY_CPUPERF_0, &v) == 0
>>        && (v & RISCV_HWPROBE_MISALIGNED_MASK) == RISCV_HWPROBE_MISALIGNED_FAST)
>>      return __memcpy_noalignment;
>> --
>> 2.25.1
>>
>>



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