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From: "H.J. Lu" <hjl.tools@gmail.com>
To: Noah Goldstein <goldstein.w.n@gmail.com>
Cc: GNU C Library <libc-alpha@sourceware.org>,
	"Carlos O'Donell" <carlos@systemhalted.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] x86: Improve vec generation in memset-vec-unaligned-erms.S
Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2022 08:28:26 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAMe9rOpOkUG9zaC3xHnHWmB1X2gm_-hA2tczmG_4xqK4LjcoaA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20220206065418.4165462-1-goldstein.w.n@gmail.com>

On Sat, Feb 5, 2022 at 10:54 PM Noah Goldstein <goldstein.w.n@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> No bug.
>
> Split vec generation into multiple steps. This allows the
> broadcast in AVX2 to use 'xmm' registers for the L(less_vec)
> case. This saves an expensive lane-cross instruction and removes
> the need for 'vzeroupper'.
>
> For SSE2 replace 2x 'punpck' instructions with zero-idiom 'pxor' for
> byte broadcast.
>
> Results for memset-avx2 small (geomean of N = 20 benchset runs).
>
> size, New Time, Old Time, New / Old
>    0,    4.100,    3.831,     0.934
>    1,    5.074,    4.399,     0.867
>    2,    4.433,    4.411,     0.995
>    4,    4.487,    4.415,     0.984
>    8,    4.454,    4.396,     0.987
>   16,    4.502,    4.443,     0.987
>
> All relevant string/wcsmbs tests are passing.
> ---
>  sysdeps/x86_64/memset.S                       |  21 ++-
>  .../multiarch/memset-avx2-unaligned-erms.S    |  18 +-
>  .../multiarch/memset-avx512-unaligned-erms.S  |  18 +-
>  .../multiarch/memset-evex-unaligned-erms.S    |  18 +-
>  .../multiarch/memset-vec-unaligned-erms.S     | 164 +++++++++++-------
>  5 files changed, 152 insertions(+), 87 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/sysdeps/x86_64/memset.S b/sysdeps/x86_64/memset.S
> index 65c09bd0ac..ccf036be53 100644
> --- a/sysdeps/x86_64/memset.S
> +++ b/sysdeps/x86_64/memset.S
> @@ -28,17 +28,22 @@
>  #define VMOVU     movups
>  #define VMOVA     movaps
>
> -#define MEMSET_VDUP_TO_VEC0_AND_SET_RETURN(d, r) \
> +# define MEMSET_SET_VEC0_AND_SET_RETURN(d, r) \
>    movd d, %xmm0; \
> -  movq r, %rax; \
> -  punpcklbw %xmm0, %xmm0; \
> -  punpcklwd %xmm0, %xmm0; \
> -  pshufd $0, %xmm0, %xmm0
> +  pxor %xmm1, %xmm1; \
> +  pshufb %xmm1, %xmm0; \
> +  movq r, %rax
>
> -#define WMEMSET_VDUP_TO_VEC0_AND_SET_RETURN(d, r) \
> +# define WMEMSET_SET_VEC0_AND_SET_RETURN(d, r) \
>    movd d, %xmm0; \
> -  movq r, %rax; \
> -  pshufd $0, %xmm0, %xmm0
> +  pshufd $0, %xmm0, %xmm0; \
> +  movq r, %rax
> +
> +# define MEMSET_VDUP_TO_VEC0_HIGH()
> +# define MEMSET_VDUP_TO_VEC0_LOW()
> +
> +# define WMEMSET_VDUP_TO_VEC0_HIGH()
> +# define WMEMSET_VDUP_TO_VEC0_LOW()
>
>  #define SECTION(p)             p
>
> diff --git a/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/memset-avx2-unaligned-erms.S b/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/memset-avx2-unaligned-erms.S
> index 1af668af0a..c0bf2875d0 100644
> --- a/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/memset-avx2-unaligned-erms.S
> +++ b/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/memset-avx2-unaligned-erms.S
> @@ -10,15 +10,18 @@
>  # define VMOVU     vmovdqu
>  # define VMOVA     vmovdqa
>
> -# define MEMSET_VDUP_TO_VEC0_AND_SET_RETURN(d, r) \
> +# define MEMSET_SET_VEC0_AND_SET_RETURN(d, r) \
>    vmovd d, %xmm0; \
> -  movq r, %rax; \
> -  vpbroadcastb %xmm0, %ymm0
> +  movq r, %rax;
>
> -# define WMEMSET_VDUP_TO_VEC0_AND_SET_RETURN(d, r) \
> -  vmovd d, %xmm0; \
> -  movq r, %rax; \
> -  vpbroadcastd %xmm0, %ymm0
> +# define WMEMSET_SET_VEC0_AND_SET_RETURN(d, r) \
> +  MEMSET_SET_VEC0_AND_SET_RETURN(d, r)
> +
> +# define MEMSET_VDUP_TO_VEC0_HIGH() vpbroadcastb %xmm0, %ymm0
> +# define MEMSET_VDUP_TO_VEC0_LOW() vpbroadcastb %xmm0, %xmm0
> +
> +# define WMEMSET_VDUP_TO_VEC0_HIGH() vpbroadcastd %xmm0, %ymm0
> +# define WMEMSET_VDUP_TO_VEC0_LOW() vpbroadcastd %xmm0, %xmm0
>
>  # ifndef SECTION
>  #  define SECTION(p)           p##.avx
> @@ -30,5 +33,6 @@
>  #  define WMEMSET_SYMBOL(p,s)  p##_avx2_##s
>  # endif
>
> +# define USE_XMM_LESS_VEC
>  # include "memset-vec-unaligned-erms.S"
>  #endif
> diff --git a/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/memset-avx512-unaligned-erms.S b/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/memset-avx512-unaligned-erms.S
> index f14d6f8493..5241216a77 100644
> --- a/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/memset-avx512-unaligned-erms.S
> +++ b/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/memset-avx512-unaligned-erms.S
> @@ -15,13 +15,19 @@
>
>  # define VZEROUPPER
>
> -# define MEMSET_VDUP_TO_VEC0_AND_SET_RETURN(d, r) \
> -  movq r, %rax; \
> -  vpbroadcastb d, %VEC0
> +# define MEMSET_SET_VEC0_AND_SET_RETURN(d, r) \
> +  vpbroadcastb d, %VEC0; \
> +  movq r, %rax
>
> -# define WMEMSET_VDUP_TO_VEC0_AND_SET_RETURN(d, r) \
> -  movq r, %rax; \
> -  vpbroadcastd d, %VEC0
> +# define WMEMSET_SET_VEC0_AND_SET_RETURN(d, r) \
> +  vpbroadcastd d, %VEC0; \
> +  movq r, %rax
> +
> +# define MEMSET_VDUP_TO_VEC0_HIGH()
> +# define MEMSET_VDUP_TO_VEC0_LOW()
> +
> +# define WMEMSET_VDUP_TO_VEC0_HIGH()
> +# define WMEMSET_VDUP_TO_VEC0_LOW()
>
>  # define SECTION(p)            p##.evex512
>  # define MEMSET_SYMBOL(p,s)    p##_avx512_##s
> diff --git a/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/memset-evex-unaligned-erms.S b/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/memset-evex-unaligned-erms.S
> index 64b09e77cc..6370021506 100644
> --- a/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/memset-evex-unaligned-erms.S
> +++ b/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/memset-evex-unaligned-erms.S
> @@ -15,13 +15,19 @@
>
>  # define VZEROUPPER
>
> -# define MEMSET_VDUP_TO_VEC0_AND_SET_RETURN(d, r) \
> -  movq r, %rax; \
> -  vpbroadcastb d, %VEC0
> +# define MEMSET_SET_VEC0_AND_SET_RETURN(d, r) \
> +  vpbroadcastb d, %VEC0; \
> +  movq r, %rax
>
> -# define WMEMSET_VDUP_TO_VEC0_AND_SET_RETURN(d, r) \
> -  movq r, %rax; \
> -  vpbroadcastd d, %VEC0
> +# define WMEMSET_SET_VEC0_AND_SET_RETURN(d, r) \
> +  vpbroadcastd d, %VEC0; \
> +  movq r, %rax
> +
> +# define MEMSET_VDUP_TO_VEC0_HIGH()
> +# define MEMSET_VDUP_TO_VEC0_LOW()
> +
> +# define WMEMSET_VDUP_TO_VEC0_HIGH()
> +# define WMEMSET_VDUP_TO_VEC0_LOW()
>
>  # define SECTION(p)            p##.evex
>  # define MEMSET_SYMBOL(p,s)    p##_evex_##s
> diff --git a/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/memset-vec-unaligned-erms.S b/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/memset-vec-unaligned-erms.S
> index 1e0511c79a..1b502b78e4 100644
> --- a/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/memset-vec-unaligned-erms.S
> +++ b/sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/memset-vec-unaligned-erms.S
> @@ -58,8 +58,10 @@
>  #ifndef MOVQ
>  # if VEC_SIZE > 16
>  #  define MOVQ                         vmovq
> +#  define MOVD                         vmovd
>  # else
>  #  define MOVQ                         movq
> +#  define MOVD                         movd
>  # endif
>  #endif
>
> @@ -72,9 +74,17 @@
>  #if defined USE_WITH_EVEX || defined USE_WITH_AVX512
>  # define END_REG       rcx
>  # define LOOP_REG      rdi
> +# define LESS_VEC_REG  rax
>  #else
>  # define END_REG       rdi
>  # define LOOP_REG      rdx
> +# define LESS_VEC_REG  rdi
> +#endif
> +
> +#ifdef USE_XMM_LESS_VEC
> +# define XMM_SMALL     1
> +#else
> +# define XMM_SMALL     0
>  #endif
>
>  #define PAGE_SIZE 4096
> @@ -110,8 +120,12 @@ END_CHK (WMEMSET_CHK_SYMBOL (__wmemset_chk, unaligned))
>
>  ENTRY (WMEMSET_SYMBOL (__wmemset, unaligned))
>         shl     $2, %RDX_LP
> -       WMEMSET_VDUP_TO_VEC0_AND_SET_RETURN (%esi, %rdi)
> -       jmp     L(entry_from_bzero)
> +       WMEMSET_SET_VEC0_AND_SET_RETURN (%esi, %rdi)
> +       WMEMSET_VDUP_TO_VEC0_LOW()
> +       cmpq    $VEC_SIZE, %rdx
> +       jb      L(less_vec_no_vdup)
> +       WMEMSET_VDUP_TO_VEC0_HIGH()
> +       jmp     L(entry_from_wmemset)
>  END (WMEMSET_SYMBOL (__wmemset, unaligned))
>  #endif
>
> @@ -123,7 +137,7 @@ END_CHK (MEMSET_CHK_SYMBOL (__memset_chk, unaligned))
>  #endif
>
>  ENTRY (MEMSET_SYMBOL (__memset, unaligned))
> -       MEMSET_VDUP_TO_VEC0_AND_SET_RETURN (%esi, %rdi)
> +       MEMSET_SET_VEC0_AND_SET_RETURN (%esi, %rdi)
>  # ifdef __ILP32__
>         /* Clear the upper 32 bits.  */
>         mov     %edx, %edx
> @@ -131,6 +145,8 @@ ENTRY (MEMSET_SYMBOL (__memset, unaligned))
>  L(entry_from_bzero):
>         cmpq    $VEC_SIZE, %rdx
>         jb      L(less_vec)
> +       MEMSET_VDUP_TO_VEC0_HIGH()
> +L(entry_from_wmemset):
>         cmpq    $(VEC_SIZE * 2), %rdx
>         ja      L(more_2x_vec)
>         /* From VEC and to 2 * VEC.  No branch when size == VEC_SIZE.  */
> @@ -179,27 +195,27 @@ END_CHK (MEMSET_CHK_SYMBOL (__memset_chk, unaligned_erms))
>  # endif
>
>  ENTRY_P2ALIGN (MEMSET_SYMBOL (__memset, unaligned_erms), 6)
> -       MEMSET_VDUP_TO_VEC0_AND_SET_RETURN (%esi, %rdi)
> +       MEMSET_SET_VEC0_AND_SET_RETURN (%esi, %rdi)
>  # ifdef __ILP32__
>         /* Clear the upper 32 bits.  */
>         mov     %edx, %edx
>  # endif
>         cmp     $VEC_SIZE, %RDX_LP
>         jb      L(less_vec)
> +       MEMSET_VDUP_TO_VEC0_HIGH ()
>         cmp     $(VEC_SIZE * 2), %RDX_LP
>         ja      L(stosb_more_2x_vec)
> -       /* From VEC and to 2 * VEC.  No branch when size == VEC_SIZE.
> -        */
> -       VMOVU   %VEC(0), (%rax)
> -       VMOVU   %VEC(0), -VEC_SIZE(%rax, %rdx)
> +       /* From VEC and to 2 * VEC.  No branch when size == VEC_SIZE.  */
> +       VMOVU   %VEC(0), (%rdi)
> +       VMOVU   %VEC(0), (VEC_SIZE * -1)(%rdi, %rdx)
>         VZEROUPPER_RETURN
>  #endif
>
> -       .p2align 4,, 10
> +       .p2align 4,, 4
>  L(last_2x_vec):
>  #ifdef USE_LESS_VEC_MASK_STORE
> -       VMOVU   %VEC(0), (VEC_SIZE * 2 + LOOP_4X_OFFSET)(%rcx)
> -       VMOVU   %VEC(0), (VEC_SIZE * 3 + LOOP_4X_OFFSET)(%rcx)
> +       VMOVU   %VEC(0), (VEC_SIZE * -2)(%rdi, %rdx)
> +       VMOVU   %VEC(0), (VEC_SIZE * -1)(%rdi, %rdx)
>  #else
>         VMOVU   %VEC(0), (VEC_SIZE * -2)(%rdi)
>         VMOVU   %VEC(0), (VEC_SIZE * -1)(%rdi)
> @@ -212,6 +228,7 @@ L(last_2x_vec):
>  #ifdef USE_LESS_VEC_MASK_STORE
>         .p2align 4,, 10
>  L(less_vec):
> +L(less_vec_no_vdup):
>         /* Less than 1 VEC.  */
>  # if VEC_SIZE != 16 && VEC_SIZE != 32 && VEC_SIZE != 64
>  #  error Unsupported VEC_SIZE!
> @@ -262,28 +279,18 @@ L(stosb_more_2x_vec):
>         /* Fallthrough goes to L(loop_4x_vec). Tests for memset (2x, 4x]
>            and (4x, 8x] jump to target.  */
>  L(more_2x_vec):
> -
> -       /* Two different methods of setting up pointers / compare. The
> -          two methods are based on the fact that EVEX/AVX512 mov
> -          instructions take more bytes then AVX2/SSE2 mov instructions. As
> -          well that EVEX/AVX512 machines also have fast LEA_BID. Both
> -          setup and END_REG to avoid complex address mode. For EVEX/AVX512
> -          this saves code size and keeps a few targets in one fetch block.
> -          For AVX2/SSE2 this helps prevent AGU bottlenecks.  */
> -#if defined USE_WITH_EVEX || defined USE_WITH_AVX512
> -       /* If EVEX/AVX512 compute END_REG - (VEC_SIZE * 4 +
> -          LOOP_4X_OFFSET) with LEA_BID.  */
> -
> -       /* END_REG is rcx for EVEX/AVX512.  */
> -       leaq    -(VEC_SIZE * 4 + LOOP_4X_OFFSET)(%rdi, %rdx), %END_REG
> -#endif
> -
> -       /* Stores to first 2x VEC before cmp as any path forward will
> -          require it.  */
> -       VMOVU   %VEC(0), (%rax)
> -       VMOVU   %VEC(0), VEC_SIZE(%rax)
> +       /* Store next 2x vec regardless.  */
> +       VMOVU   %VEC(0), (%rdi)
> +       VMOVU   %VEC(0), (VEC_SIZE * 1)(%rdi)
>
>
> +       /* Two different methods of setting up pointers / compare. The two
> +          methods are based on the fact that EVEX/AVX512 mov instructions take
> +          more bytes then AVX2/SSE2 mov instructions. As well that EVEX/AVX512
> +          machines also have fast LEA_BID. Both setup and END_REG to avoid complex
> +          address mode. For EVEX/AVX512 this saves code size and keeps a few
> +          targets in one fetch block. For AVX2/SSE2 this helps prevent AGU
> +          bottlenecks.  */
>  #if !(defined USE_WITH_EVEX || defined USE_WITH_AVX512)
>         /* If AVX2/SSE2 compute END_REG (rdi) with ALU.  */
>         addq    %rdx, %END_REG
> @@ -292,6 +299,15 @@ L(more_2x_vec):
>         cmpq    $(VEC_SIZE * 4), %rdx
>         jbe     L(last_2x_vec)
>
> +
> +#if defined USE_WITH_EVEX || defined USE_WITH_AVX512
> +       /* If EVEX/AVX512 compute END_REG - (VEC_SIZE * 4 + LOOP_4X_OFFSET) with
> +          LEA_BID.  */
> +
> +       /* END_REG is rcx for EVEX/AVX512.  */
> +       leaq    -(VEC_SIZE * 4 + LOOP_4X_OFFSET)(%rdi, %rdx), %END_REG
> +#endif
> +
>         /* Store next 2x vec regardless.  */
>         VMOVU   %VEC(0), (VEC_SIZE * 2)(%rax)
>         VMOVU   %VEC(0), (VEC_SIZE * 3)(%rax)
> @@ -355,65 +371,93 @@ L(stosb_local):
>         /* Define L(less_vec) only if not otherwise defined.  */
>         .p2align 4
>  L(less_vec):
> +       /* Broadcast esi to partial register (i.e VEC_SIZE == 32 broadcast to
> +          xmm). This is only does anything for AVX2.  */
> +       MEMSET_VDUP_TO_VEC0_LOW ()
> +L(less_vec_no_vdup):
>  #endif
>  L(cross_page):
>  #if VEC_SIZE > 32
>         cmpl    $32, %edx
> -       jae     L(between_32_63)
> +       jge     L(between_32_63)
>  #endif
>  #if VEC_SIZE > 16
>         cmpl    $16, %edx
> -       jae     L(between_16_31)
> +       jge     L(between_16_31)
> +#endif
> +#ifndef USE_XMM_LESS_VEC
> +       MOVQ    %XMM0, %rcx
>  #endif
> -       MOVQ    %XMM0, %rdi
>         cmpl    $8, %edx
> -       jae     L(between_8_15)
> +       jge     L(between_8_15)
>         cmpl    $4, %edx
> -       jae     L(between_4_7)
> +       jge     L(between_4_7)
>         cmpl    $1, %edx
> -       ja      L(between_2_3)
> -       jb      L(return)
> -       movb    %sil, (%rax)
> -       VZEROUPPER_RETURN
> +       jg      L(between_2_3)
> +       jl      L(between_0_0)
> +       movb    %sil, (%LESS_VEC_REG)
> +L(between_0_0):
> +       ret
>
> -       /* Align small targets only if not doing so would cross a fetch
> -          line.  */
> +       /* Align small targets only if not doing so would cross a fetch line.
> +        */
>  #if VEC_SIZE > 32
>         .p2align 4,, SMALL_MEMSET_ALIGN(MOV_SIZE, RET_SIZE)
>         /* From 32 to 63.  No branch when size == 32.  */
>  L(between_32_63):
> -       VMOVU   %YMM0, (%rax)
> -       VMOVU   %YMM0, -32(%rax, %rdx)
> +       VMOVU   %YMM0, (%LESS_VEC_REG)
> +       VMOVU   %YMM0, -32(%LESS_VEC_REG, %rdx)
>         VZEROUPPER_RETURN
>  #endif
>
>  #if VEC_SIZE >= 32
> -       .p2align 4,, SMALL_MEMSET_ALIGN(MOV_SIZE, RET_SIZE)
> +       .p2align 4,, SMALL_MEMSET_ALIGN(MOV_SIZE, 1)
>  L(between_16_31):
>         /* From 16 to 31.  No branch when size == 16.  */
> -       VMOVU   %XMM0, (%rax)
> -       VMOVU   %XMM0, -16(%rax, %rdx)
> -       VZEROUPPER_RETURN
> +       VMOVU   %XMM0, (%LESS_VEC_REG)
> +       VMOVU   %XMM0, -16(%LESS_VEC_REG, %rdx)
> +       ret
>  #endif
>
> -       .p2align 4,, SMALL_MEMSET_ALIGN(3, RET_SIZE)
> +       /* Move size is 3 for SSE2, EVEX, and AVX512. Move size is 4 for AVX2.
> +        */
> +       .p2align 4,, SMALL_MEMSET_ALIGN(3 + XMM_SMALL, 1)
>  L(between_8_15):
>         /* From 8 to 15.  No branch when size == 8.  */
> -       movq    %rdi, (%rax)
> -       movq    %rdi, -8(%rax, %rdx)
> -       VZEROUPPER_RETURN
> +#ifdef USE_XMM_LESS_VEC
> +       MOVQ    %XMM0, (%rdi)
> +       MOVQ    %XMM0, -8(%rdi, %rdx)
> +#else
> +       movq    %rcx, (%LESS_VEC_REG)
> +       movq    %rcx, -8(%LESS_VEC_REG, %rdx)
> +#endif
> +       ret
>
> -       .p2align 4,, SMALL_MEMSET_ALIGN(2, RET_SIZE)
> +       /* Move size is 2 for SSE2, EVEX, and AVX512. Move size is 4 for AVX2.
> +        */
> +       .p2align 4,, SMALL_MEMSET_ALIGN(2 << XMM_SMALL, 1)
>  L(between_4_7):
>         /* From 4 to 7.  No branch when size == 4.  */
> -       movl    %edi, (%rax)
> -       movl    %edi, -4(%rax, %rdx)
> -       VZEROUPPER_RETURN
> +#ifdef USE_XMM_LESS_VEC
> +       MOVD    %XMM0, (%rdi)
> +       MOVD    %XMM0, -4(%rdi, %rdx)
> +#else
> +       movl    %ecx, (%LESS_VEC_REG)
> +       movl    %ecx, -4(%LESS_VEC_REG, %rdx)
> +#endif
> +       ret
>
> -       .p2align 4,, SMALL_MEMSET_ALIGN(3, RET_SIZE)
> +       /* 4 * XMM_SMALL for the third mov for AVX2.  */
> +       .p2align 4,, 4 * XMM_SMALL + SMALL_MEMSET_ALIGN(3, 1)
>  L(between_2_3):
>         /* From 2 to 3.  No branch when size == 2.  */
> -       movw    %di, (%rax)
> -       movb    %dil, -1(%rax, %rdx)
> -       VZEROUPPER_RETURN
> +#ifdef USE_XMM_LESS_VEC
> +       movb    %sil, (%rdi)
> +       movb    %sil, 1(%rdi)
> +       movb    %sil, -1(%rdi, %rdx)
> +#else
> +       movw    %cx, (%LESS_VEC_REG)
> +       movb    %sil, -1(%LESS_VEC_REG, %rdx)
> +#endif
> +       ret
>  END (MEMSET_SYMBOL (__memset, unaligned_erms))
> --
> 2.25.1
>

LGTM.

Reviewed-by: H.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com>

Thanks.

-- 
H.J.

  reply	other threads:[~2022-02-06 16:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-02-05 22:42 [PATCH v1] " Noah Goldstein
2022-02-05 22:50 ` H.J. Lu
2022-02-06  6:54 ` [PATCH v2] " Noah Goldstein
2022-02-06 16:28   ` H.J. Lu [this message]
2022-02-07  3:48     ` Noah Goldstein
2022-05-04  5:46       ` Sunil Pandey

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