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

Palmer Dabbelt palmer@dabbelt.com
Sat Aug 16 16:55:33 GMT 2025


On Fri, 15 Aug 2025 21:41:13 PDT (-0700), Vineet Gupta wrote:
>
>
> 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 ?

Jeff said he had a better version of this and was going to send it.

>
> 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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