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From: "George Spelvin" <linux@horizon.com>
To: bp@alien8.de, ling.ma@intel.com
Cc: hpa@zytor.com, iant@google.com, konrad@kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux@horizon.com, mingo@elte.hu,
	tglx@linutronix.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 2/2] [x86] Optimize copy_page by re-arranging instruction sequence and saving register
Date: 15 Oct 2012 01:13:32 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20121015051332.13610.qmail@science.horizon.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20121014105821.GB2165@liondog.tnic>

Just for everyone's information, here's the updated benchmark code on
the same Phenom.  The REP MOVSQ code is indeed much faster.

vendor_id       : AuthenticAMD
cpu family      : 16
model           : 2
model name      : AMD Phenom(tm) 9850 Quad-Core Processor
stepping        : 3
microcode       : 0x1000083
cpu MHz         : 2500.210
cache size      : 512 KB
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp lm 3dnowext 3dnow constant_tsc rep_good nopl nonstop_tsc extd_apicid pni monitor cx16 popcnt lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw ibs hw_pstate npt lbrv svm_lock
bogomips        : 5000.42
TLB size        : 1024 4K pages
clflush size    : 64
cache_alignment : 64

                                   	copy_page_org	copy_page_new	REP MOVSQ
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:		708		758		611
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:		672		758		611
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:		708		758		611
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:		708		758		611
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:		708		758		611
                                   	copy_page_org	copy_page_new	REP MOVSQ
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:		694		759		611
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:		672		758		611
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:		708		758		611
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:		708		759		611
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:		708		757		611
                                   	copy_page_org	copy_page_new	REP MOVSQ
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:		697		758		611
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:		708		758		611
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:		708		758		611
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:		708		758		611
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:		708		757		611
                                   	copy_page_org	copy_page_new	REP MOVSQ
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:		703		758		612
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:		709		758		611
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:		709		757		611
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:		709		759		613
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:		709		759		611
                                   	copy_page_org	copy_page_new	REP MOVSQ
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:		669		758		613
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:		671		758		611
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:		708		758		611
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:		708		758		611
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:		708		758		613
                                   	copy_page_org	copy_page_new	REP MOVSQ
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:		679		758		612
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:		671		758		612
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:		684		759		612
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:		709		759		613
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:		709		759		611
                                   	copy_page_org	copy_page_new	REP MOVSQ
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:		682		758		612
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:		673		758		613
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:		704		759		613
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:		709		758		613
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:		709		758		611
                                   	copy_page_org	copy_page_new	REP MOVSQ
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:		669		759		611
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:		671		759		611
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:		709		759		613
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:		709		759		613
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:		708		759		613
                                   	copy_page_org	copy_page_new	REP MOVSQ
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:		668		759		612
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:		709		759		612
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:		709		759		612
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:		709		759		612
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:		709		759		612
                                   	copy_page_org	copy_page_new	REP MOVSQ
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:		694		758		611
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:		671		759		611
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:		708		759		611
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:		708		759		611
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:		708		759		613

  parent reply	other threads:[~2012-10-15  5:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-10-11 12:29 [PATCH RFC 2/2] [x86] Optimize copy_page by re-arranging instruction sequence and saving register ling.ma
2012-10-11 13:40 ` Andi Kleen
2012-10-12  3:10   ` Ma, Ling
2012-10-12 13:35     ` Andi Kleen
2012-10-12 14:54       ` Ma, Ling
2012-10-12 15:14         ` Andi Kleen
2012-10-11 14:35 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2012-10-12  3:37   ` Ma, Ling
2012-10-12  6:18     ` Borislav Petkov
2012-10-12  9:07       ` Ma, Ling
2012-10-12 18:04         ` Borislav Petkov
2012-10-14 10:58           ` Borislav Petkov
2012-10-15  5:00             ` Ma, Ling
2012-10-15  5:13             ` George Spelvin [this message]
2012-10-12 21:02 George Spelvin
2012-10-12 23:17 ` Borislav Petkov

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