From: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
To: Vineet Gupta <Vineet.Gupta1@synopsys.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org,
linux-snps-arc@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] bitops/non-atomic: make @nr unsigned to avoid any DIV
Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2021 14:42:45 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210806134244.GA2901@willie-the-truck> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210805191408.2003237-1-vgupta@synopsys.com>
On Thu, Aug 05, 2021 at 12:14:08PM -0700, Vineet Gupta wrote:
> signed math causes generation of costlier instructions such as DIV when
> they could be done by barrerl shifter.
>
> Worse part is this is not caught by things like bloat-o-meter since
> instruction length / symbols are typically same size.
>
> e.g.
>
> stock (signed math)
> __________________
>
> 919b4614 <test_taint>:
> 919b4614: div r2,r0,0x20
> ^^^
> 919b4618: add2 r2,0x920f6050,r2
> 919b4620: ld_s r2,[r2,0]
> 919b4622: lsr r0,r2,r0
> 919b4626: j_s.d [blink]
> 919b4628: bmsk_s r0,r0,0
> 919b462a: nop_s
>
> (patched) unsigned math
> __________________
>
> 919b4614 <test_taint>:
> 919b4614: lsr r2,r0,0x5 @nr/32
> ^^^
> 919b4618: add2 r2,0x920f6050,r2
> 919b4620: ld_s r2,[r2,0]
> 919b4622: lsr r0,r2,r0 #test_bit()
> 919b4626: j_s.d [blink]
> 919b4628: bmsk_s r0,r0,0
> 919b462a: nop_s
Just FYI, but on arm64 the existing codegen is alright as we have both
arithmetic and logical shifts.
> Signed-off-by: Vineet Gupta <vgupta@synopsys.com>
> ---
> This is an RFC for feeback, I understand this impacts every arch,
> but as of now it is only buld/run tested on ARC.
> ---
> ---
> include/asm-generic/bitops/non-atomic.h | 14 +++++++-------
> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
Acked-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
We should really move test_bit() into the atomic header, but I failed to fix
the resulting include mess last time I tried that.
Will
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-08-06 13:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-08-04 19:15 [PATCH 00/11] ARC atomics update Vineet Gupta
2021-08-04 19:15 ` [PATCH 01/11] ARC: atomics: disintegrate header Vineet Gupta
2021-08-04 19:15 ` [PATCH 02/11] ARC: atomic: !LLSC: remove hack in atomic_set() for for UP Vineet Gupta
2021-08-04 19:15 ` [PATCH 03/11] ARC: atomic: !LLSC: use int data type consistently Vineet Gupta
2021-08-04 19:15 ` [PATCH 04/11] ARC: atomic64: LLSC: elide unused atomic_{and,or,xor,andnot}_return Vineet Gupta
2021-08-04 19:15 ` [PATCH 05/11] ARC: atomics: implement relaxed variants Vineet Gupta
2021-08-04 19:15 ` [PATCH 06/11] ARC: switch to generic bitops Vineet Gupta
2021-08-04 19:15 ` [PATCH 07/11] ARC: bitops: fls/ffs to take int (vs long) per asm-generic defines Vineet Gupta
2021-08-04 19:15 ` [PATCH 08/11] ARC: xchg: !LLSC: remove UP micro-optimization/hack Vineet Gupta
2021-08-04 19:15 ` [PATCH 09/11] ARC: cmpxchg/xchg: rewrite as macros to make type safe Vineet Gupta
2021-08-04 19:15 ` [PATCH 10/11] ARC: cmpxchg/xchg: implement relaxed variants (LLSC config only) Vineet Gupta
2021-08-04 19:15 ` [PATCH 11/11] ARC: atomic_cmpxchg/atomic_xchg: implement relaxed variants Vineet Gupta
2021-08-05 9:02 ` [PATCH 00/11] ARC atomics update Peter Zijlstra
2021-08-05 16:18 ` Vineet Gupta
2021-08-05 17:04 ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-08-05 19:14 ` [RFC] bitops/non-atomic: make @nr unsigned to avoid any DIV Vineet Gupta
2021-08-06 13:42 ` Will Deacon [this message]
2021-08-06 19:02 ` Vineet Gupta
2021-08-06 8:41 ` [PATCH 00/11] ARC atomics update Will Deacon
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