git: f22068d91bf5 - main - amd64: Stop using REP MOVSB for backward memmove()s.
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Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2022 18:53:32 UTC
The branch main has been updated by mav: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=f22068d91bf53696ee13a69685e809d35776ec3f commit f22068d91bf53696ee13a69685e809d35776ec3f Author: Alexander Motin <mav@FreeBSD.org> AuthorDate: 2022-06-16 18:51:50 +0000 Commit: Alexander Motin <mav@FreeBSD.org> CommitDate: 2022-06-16 18:51:50 +0000 amd64: Stop using REP MOVSB for backward memmove()s. Enhanced REP MOVSB feature of CPUs starting from Ivy Bridge makes REP MOVSB the fastest way to copy memory in most of cases. However Intel Optimization Reference Manual says: "setting the DF to force REP MOVSB to copy bytes from high towards low addresses will expe- rience significant performance degradation". Measurements on Intel Cascade Lake and Alder Lake, same as on AMD Zen3 show that it can drop throughput to as low as 2.5-3.5GB/s, comparing to ~10-30GB/s of REP MOVSQ or hand-rolled loop, used for non-ERMS CPUs. This patch keeps ERMS use for forward ordered memory copies, but removes it for backward overlapped moves where it does not work. This is just a cosmetic sync with kernel, since libc does not use ERMS at this time. Reviewed by: mjg MFC after: 2 weeks --- lib/libc/amd64/string/memmove.S | 8 -------- 1 file changed, 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/lib/libc/amd64/string/memmove.S b/lib/libc/amd64/string/memmove.S index 3d75ff45c798..ea92cb18782a 100644 --- a/lib/libc/amd64/string/memmove.S +++ b/lib/libc/amd64/string/memmove.S @@ -274,13 +274,6 @@ __FBSDID("$FreeBSD$"); ALIGN_TEXT 2256: std -.if \erms == 1 - leaq -1(%rdi,%rcx),%rdi - leaq -1(%rsi,%rcx),%rsi - rep - movsb - cld -.else leaq -8(%rdi,%rcx),%rdi leaq -8(%rsi,%rcx),%rsi shrq $3,%rcx @@ -290,7 +283,6 @@ __FBSDID("$FreeBSD$"); movq %rdx,%rcx andb $7,%cl jne 2004b -.endif \end ret .endif