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* [gcc r12-8569] [BACKPORT] Disable generating load/store vector pairs for block copies.
@ 2022-07-14 15:17 Michael Meissner
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From: Michael Meissner @ 2022-07-14 15:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
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https://gcc.gnu.org/g:22736f3d0d4fb8ce4afb3230023f8accdb03a623

commit r12-8569-g22736f3d0d4fb8ce4afb3230023f8accdb03a623
Author: Michael Meissner <meissner@linux.ibm.com>
Date:   Thu Jul 14 11:16:08 2022 -0400

    [BACKPORT] Disable generating load/store vector pairs for block copies.
    
    Testing has found that using load and store vector pair for block copies
    can result in a slow down on power10.  This patch disables using the
    vector pair instructions for block copies if we are tuning for power10.
    
    2022-06-11   Michael Meissner  <meissner@linux.ibm.com>
    
    gcc/
    
            * config/rs6000/rs6000.cc (rs6000_option_override_internal): Do
            not generate block copies with vector pair instructions if we are
            tuning for power10.  Back port from master branch.

Diff:
---
 gcc/config/rs6000/rs6000.cc | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/gcc/config/rs6000/rs6000.cc b/gcc/config/rs6000/rs6000.cc
index 4030864aa1a..040487bd277 100644
--- a/gcc/config/rs6000/rs6000.cc
+++ b/gcc/config/rs6000/rs6000.cc
@@ -4151,7 +4151,10 @@ rs6000_option_override_internal (bool global_init_p)
 
   if (!(rs6000_isa_flags_explicit & OPTION_MASK_BLOCK_OPS_VECTOR_PAIR))
     {
-      if (TARGET_MMA && TARGET_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_VSX)
+      /* Do not generate lxvp and stxvp on power10 since there are some
+	 performance issues.  */
+      if (TARGET_MMA && TARGET_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_VSX
+	  && rs6000_tune != PROCESSOR_POWER10)
 	rs6000_isa_flags |= OPTION_MASK_BLOCK_OPS_VECTOR_PAIR;
       else
 	rs6000_isa_flags &= ~OPTION_MASK_BLOCK_OPS_VECTOR_PAIR;


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