Re: [PATCH] iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Simplify useless instructions in arm_smmu_cmdq_build_cmd()
From: Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@arm.com>
Date: 2021-08-17 13:24:27
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On 2021-08-17 12:34, Zhen Lei wrote:
Although the parameter 'cmd' is always passed by a local array variable, and only this function modifies it, the compiler does not know this. The compiler almost always reads the value of cmd[i] from memory rather than directly using the value cached in the register. This generates many useless instruction operations and affects the performance to some extent.
Which compiler? GCC 4.9 does not make the same codegen decisions that GCC 10 does; Clang is different again. There are also various config options which affect a compiler's inlining/optimisation choices either directly or indirectly. If it's something that newer compilers can get right anyway, then micro-optimising just for older ones might warrant a bit more justification.
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
To guide the compiler for proper optimization, 'cmd' is defined as a local array variable, marked as register, and copied to the output parameter at a time when the function is returned. The optimization effect can be viewed by running the "size arm-smmu-v3.o" command. Before: text data bss dec hex 27602 1348 56 29006 714e After: text data bss dec hex 27402 1348 56 28806 7086 Signed-off-by: Zhen Lei <redacted> --- drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu-v3/arm-smmu-v3.c | 18 +++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)diff --git a/drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu-v3/arm-smmu-v3.c b/drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu-v3/arm-smmu-v3.c index d76bbbde558b776..50a9db5bac466c7 100644 --- a/drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu-v3/arm-smmu-v3.c +++ b/drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu-v3/arm-smmu-v3.c@@ -233,11 +233,19 @@ static int queue_remove_raw(struct arm_smmu_queue *q, u64 *ent) return 0; } +#define arm_smmu_cmdq_copy_cmd(dst, src) \ + do { \ + dst[0] = src[0]; \ + dst[1] = src[1]; \ + } while (0) + /* High-level queue accessors */ -static int arm_smmu_cmdq_build_cmd(u64 *cmd, struct arm_smmu_cmdq_ent *ent) +static int arm_smmu_cmdq_build_cmd(u64 *out_cmd, struct arm_smmu_cmdq_ent *ent) { - memset(cmd, 0, 1 << CMDQ_ENT_SZ_SHIFT); - cmd[0] |= FIELD_PREP(CMDQ_0_OP, ent->opcode); + register u64 cmd[CMDQ_ENT_DWORDS]; + + cmd[0] = FIELD_PREP(CMDQ_0_OP, ent->opcode); + cmd[1] = 0; switch (ent->opcode) { case CMDQ_OP_TLBI_EL2_ALL:@@ -309,6 +317,7 @@ static int arm_smmu_cmdq_build_cmd(u64 *cmd, struct arm_smmu_cmdq_ent *ent) case PRI_RESP_SUCC: break; default: + arm_smmu_cmdq_copy_cmd(out_cmd, cmd);
Why bother writing back a partial command when we're telling the caller it's invalid anyway?
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
return -EINVAL; } cmd[1] |= FIELD_PREP(CMDQ_PRI_1_RESP, ent->pri.resp);@@ -329,9 +338,12 @@ static int arm_smmu_cmdq_build_cmd(u64 *cmd, struct arm_smmu_cmdq_ent *ent) cmd[0] |= FIELD_PREP(CMDQ_SYNC_0_MSIATTR, ARM_SMMU_MEMATTR_OIWB); break; default: + arm_smmu_cmdq_copy_cmd(out_cmd, cmd);
Ditto.
return -ENOENT; } + arm_smmu_cmdq_copy_cmd(out_cmd, cmd);
...and then it would be simpler to open-code the assignment here. I guess if you're really concerned with avoiding temporary commands being written back to the stack and reloaded, it might be worth experimenting with wrapping them in a struct which can be passed around by value - AAPCS64 allows passing a 16-byte composite type purely in registers. Robin.
+ return 0; }
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