From: Kyrill Tkachov <kyrylo.tkachov@arm.com>
To: Mike Stump <mikestump@comcast.net>,
gcc-patches <gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org>
Subject: Re: arm memcpy of aligned data
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2015 14:41:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <557EE17C.5000008@arm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <55683C58.20701@arm.com>
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On 29/05/15 11:15, Kyrill Tkachov wrote:
> On 29/05/15 10:08, Kyrill Tkachov wrote:
>> Hi Mike,
>>
>> On 28/05/15 22:15, Mike Stump wrote:
>>> So, the arm memcpy code of aligned data isn’t as good as it can be.
>>>
>>> void *memcpy(void *dest, const void *src, unsigned int n);
>>>
>>> void foo(char *dst, int i) {
>>> memcpy (dst, &i, sizeof (i));
>>> }
>>>
>>> generates horrible code, but, it we are willing to notice the src or the destination are aligned, we can do much better:
>>>
>>> $ ./cc1 -fschedule-fusion -fdump-tree-all-all -da -march=armv7ve -mcpu=cortex-m4 -fomit-frame-pointer -quiet -O2 /tmp/t.c -o t.s
>>> $ cat t.s
>>> [ … ]
>>> foo:
>>> @ args = 0, pretend = 0, frame = 4
>>> @ frame_needed = 0, uses_anonymous_args = 0
>>> @ link register save eliminated.
>>> sub sp, sp, #4
>>> str r1, [r0] @ unaligned
>>> add sp, sp, #4
>> I think there's something to do with cpu tuning here as well.
> That being said, I do think this is a good idea.
> I'll give it a test.
The patch passes bootstrap and testing ok and I've seen it
improve codegen in a few places in SPEC.
I've added a testcase all marked up.
Mike, I'll commit the attached patch in 24 hours unless somebody objects.
Thanks,
Kyrill
2015-06-15 Mike Stump <mikestump@comcast.net>
* config/arm/arm.c (arm_block_move_unaligned_straight):
Emit normal move instead of unaligned load when source or destination
are appropriately aligned.
2015-06-15 Mike Stump <mikestump@comcast.net>
Kyrylo Tkachov <kyrylo.tkachov@arm.com>
* gcc.target/arm/memcpy-aligned-1.c: New test.
>
> Kyrill
>
>> For the code you've given compiled with -O2 -mcpu=cortex-a53 I get:
>> sub sp, sp, #8
>> mov r2, r0
>> add r3, sp, #8
>> str r1, [r3, #-4]!
>> ldr r0, [r3] @ unaligned
>> str r0, [r2] @ unaligned
>> add sp, sp, #8
>> @ sp needed
>> bx lr
>>
>> whereas for -O2 -mcpu=cortex-a57 I get the much better:
>> sub sp, sp, #8
>> str r1, [r0] @ unaligned
>> add sp, sp, #8
>> @ sp needed
>> bx lr
>>
>> Kyrill
>>
>>
>>> Index: gcc/config/arm/arm.c
>>> ===================================================================
>>> --- gcc/config/arm/arm.c (revision 223842)
>>> +++ gcc/config/arm/arm.c (working copy)
>>> @@ -14376,7 +14376,10 @@ arm_block_move_unaligned_straight (rtx d
>>> srcoffset + j * UNITS_PER_WORD - src_autoinc);
>>> mem = adjust_automodify_address (srcbase, SImode, addr,
>>> srcoffset + j * UNITS_PER_WORD);
>>> - emit_insn (gen_unaligned_loadsi (regs[j], mem));
>>> + if (src_aligned)
>>> + emit_move_insn (regs[j], mem);
>>> + else
>>> + emit_insn (gen_unaligned_loadsi (regs[j], mem));
>>> }
>>> srcoffset += words * UNITS_PER_WORD;
>>> }
>>> @@ -14395,7 +14398,10 @@ arm_block_move_unaligned_straight (rtx d
>>> dstoffset + j * UNITS_PER_WORD - dst_autoinc);
>>> mem = adjust_automodify_address (dstbase, SImode, addr,
>>> dstoffset + j * UNITS_PER_WORD);
>>> - emit_insn (gen_unaligned_storesi (mem, regs[j]));
>>> + if (dst_aligned)
>>> + emit_move_insn (mem, regs[j]);
>>> + else
>>> + emit_insn (gen_unaligned_storesi (mem, regs[j]));
>>> }
>>> dstoffset += words * UNITS_PER_WORD;
>>> }
>>>
>>>
>>> Ok?
>>>
>>> Can someone spin this through an arm test suite run for me, I was doing this by inspection and cross compile on a system with no arm bits. Bonus points if you can check it in with the test case above marked up as appropriate.
>>>
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commit 77191f4224c8729d014a9150bd9364f95ff704b0
Author: Kyrylo Tkachov <kyrylo.tkachov@arm.com>
Date: Fri May 29 10:44:21 2015 +0100
[ARM] arm memcpy of aligned data
diff --git a/gcc/config/arm/arm.c b/gcc/config/arm/arm.c
index 638d659..3a33c26 100644
--- a/gcc/config/arm/arm.c
+++ b/gcc/config/arm/arm.c
@@ -14283,7 +14283,10 @@ arm_block_move_unaligned_straight (rtx dstbase, rtx srcbase,
srcoffset + j * UNITS_PER_WORD - src_autoinc);
mem = adjust_automodify_address (srcbase, SImode, addr,
srcoffset + j * UNITS_PER_WORD);
- emit_insn (gen_unaligned_loadsi (regs[j], mem));
+ if (src_aligned)
+ emit_move_insn (regs[j], mem);
+ else
+ emit_insn (gen_unaligned_loadsi (regs[j], mem));
}
srcoffset += words * UNITS_PER_WORD;
}
@@ -14302,7 +14305,10 @@ arm_block_move_unaligned_straight (rtx dstbase, rtx srcbase,
dstoffset + j * UNITS_PER_WORD - dst_autoinc);
mem = adjust_automodify_address (dstbase, SImode, addr,
dstoffset + j * UNITS_PER_WORD);
- emit_insn (gen_unaligned_storesi (mem, regs[j]));
+ if (dst_aligned)
+ emit_move_insn (mem, regs[j]);
+ else
+ emit_insn (gen_unaligned_storesi (mem, regs[j]));
}
dstoffset += words * UNITS_PER_WORD;
}
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/arm/memcpy-aligned-1.c b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/arm/memcpy-aligned-1.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..852b391
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/arm/memcpy-aligned-1.c
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/* { dg-do compile } */
+/* { dg-options "-O2 -save-temps" } */
+
+void *memcpy (void *dest, const void *src, unsigned int n);
+
+void foo (char *dst, int i)
+{
+ memcpy (dst, &i, sizeof (i));
+}
+
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler-times "str\t" 1 } } */
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler-not "ldr\t" } } */
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-06-15 14:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-05-28 21:36 Mike Stump
2015-05-29 8:22 ` Oleg Endo
2015-05-29 10:15 ` Kyrill Tkachov
2015-05-29 10:40 ` Kyrill Tkachov
2015-06-15 14:41 ` Kyrill Tkachov [this message]
2015-06-15 15:25 ` Richard Earnshaw
2015-08-16 19:24 ` Mike Stump
2015-08-17 10:01 ` Kyrill Tkachov
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