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SubjectRe: [PATCH] x86-64: memset optimization
Stephen Hemminger a écrit :
> Optimize uses of memset with small constant offsets.
> This will generate smaller code, and avoid the slow rep/string instructions.
> Code copied from i386 with a little cleanup.
>

You obviously didnt test it, did you ?

How can you be sure this is going to speedup things then ?

> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org>
>
> --- a/include/asm-x86_64/string.h 2007-08-17 15:14:32.000000000 -0700
> +++ b/include/asm-x86_64/string.h 2007-08-17 15:36:30.000000000 -0700
> @@ -42,9 +42,51 @@ extern void *__memcpy(void *to, const vo
> __ret = __builtin_memcpy((dst),(src),__len); \
> __ret; })
> #endif
> -
> #define __HAVE_ARCH_MEMSET
> -void *memset(void *s, int c, size_t n);
> +void *__memset(void *s, int c, size_t n);
> +
> +/* Optimize for cases of trivial memset's
> + * Compiler should optimize away all but the case used.
> + */
> +static __always_inline void *
> +__constant_c_and_count_memset(void *s, int c, size_t count)
> +{
> + unsigned long pattern = 0x01010101UL * (unsigned char) c;

Main difference between x86_64 and i386 is sizeof(long) being 8 instead of 4

Why not let gcc do its job about memset() ?

On x86_64 at least, modern gcc are smart enough.

> +
> + switch (count) {
> + case 0:
> + return s;
> + case 1:
> + *(unsigned char *)s = pattern;
> + return s;
> + case 2:
> + *(unsigned short *)s = pattern;
> + return s;
> + case 3:
> + *(unsigned short *)s = pattern;
> + *(2+(unsigned char *)s) = pattern;
> + return s;
> + case 4:
> + *(unsigned long *)s = pattern;
> + return s;
> + case 6:
> + *(unsigned long *)s = pattern;
> + *(2+(unsigned short *)s) = pattern;
> + return s;
> + case 8:
> + *(unsigned long *)s = pattern;
> + *(1+(unsigned long *)s) = pattern;
> + return s;
> + default:
> + return __memset(s, c, count);
> + }
> +}
> +#define memset(s, c, count) \
> + (__builtin_constant_p(c) \
> + ? __constant_c_and_count_memset((s),(c),(count)) \
> + : __memset((s),(c),(count)))
> +
> +
>
> #define __HAVE_ARCH_MEMMOVE
> void * memmove(void * dest,const void *src,size_t count);
> --- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/x8664_ksyms.c 2007-08-17 15:14:32.000000000 -0700
> +++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/x8664_ksyms.c 2007-08-17 15:44:58.000000000 -0700
> @@ -48,10 +48,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__read_lock_failed);
> #undef memmove
>
> extern void * memset(void *,int,__kernel_size_t);
> +extern void * __memset(void *,int,__kernel_size_t);
> extern void * memcpy(void *,const void *,__kernel_size_t);
> extern void * __memcpy(void *,const void *,__kernel_size_t);
>
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(memset);
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(__memset);
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(memcpy);
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(__memcpy);
>

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