x86/xor: Add alternative SSE implementation only prefetching once per 64-byte line

On CPUs with 64-byte last level cache lines, this yields roughly
10% better performance, independent of CPU vendor or specific
model (as far as I was able to test).
Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>
Acked-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/5093E4B802000078000A615E@nat28.tlf.novell.comSigned-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>

arch/x86/include/asm/xor.h

@@ -58,6 +58,14 @@
 #define XO2(x, y)	"	xorps "OFFS(x)"(%[p3]), %%xmm"#y"	;\n"
 #define XO3(x, y)	"	xorps "OFFS(x)"(%[p4]), %%xmm"#y"	;\n"
 #define XO4(x, y)	"	xorps "OFFS(x)"(%[p5]), %%xmm"#y"	;\n"
+#define NOP(x)
+
+#define BLK64(pf, op, i)				\
+		pf(i)					\
+		op(i, 0)				\
+			op(i + 1, 1)			\
+				op(i + 2, 2)		\
+					op(i + 3, 3)
 
 static void
 xor_sse_2(unsigned long bytes, unsigned long *p1, unsigned long *p2)
@@ -110,6 +118,40 @@ xor_sse_2(unsigned long bytes, unsigned long *p1, unsigned long *p2)
 	kernel_fpu_end();
 }
 
+static void
+xor_sse_2_pf64(unsigned long bytes, unsigned long *p1, unsigned long *p2)
+{
+	unsigned long lines = bytes >> 8;
+
+	kernel_fpu_begin();
+
+	asm volatile(
+#undef BLOCK
+#define BLOCK(i)			\
+		BLK64(PF0, LD, i)	\
+		BLK64(PF1, XO1, i)	\
+		BLK64(NOP, ST, i)	\
+
+	" .align 32			;\n"
+	" 1:                            ;\n"
+
+		BLOCK(0)
+		BLOCK(4)
+		BLOCK(8)
+		BLOCK(12)
+
+	"       add %[inc], %[p1]       ;\n"
+	"       add %[inc], %[p2]       ;\n"
+	"       dec %[cnt]              ;\n"
+	"       jnz 1b                  ;\n"
+	: [cnt] "+r" (lines),
+	  [p1] "+r" (p1), [p2] "+r" (p2)
+	: [inc] XOR_CONSTANT_CONSTRAINT (256UL)
+	: "memory");
+
+	kernel_fpu_end();
+}
+
 static void
 xor_sse_3(unsigned long bytes, unsigned long *p1, unsigned long *p2,
 	  unsigned long *p3)
@@ -169,6 +211,43 @@ xor_sse_3(unsigned long bytes, unsigned long *p1, unsigned long *p2,
 	kernel_fpu_end();
 }
 
+static void
+xor_sse_3_pf64(unsigned long bytes, unsigned long *p1, unsigned long *p2,
+	       unsigned long *p3)
+{
+	unsigned long lines = bytes >> 8;
+
+	kernel_fpu_begin();
+
+	asm volatile(
+#undef BLOCK
+#define BLOCK(i)			\
+		BLK64(PF0, LD, i)	\
+		BLK64(PF1, XO1, i)	\
+		BLK64(PF2, XO2, i)	\
+		BLK64(NOP, ST, i)	\
+
+	" .align 32			;\n"
+	" 1:                            ;\n"
+
+		BLOCK(0)
+		BLOCK(4)
+		BLOCK(8)
+		BLOCK(12)
+
+	"       add %[inc], %[p1]       ;\n"
+	"       add %[inc], %[p2]       ;\n"
+	"       add %[inc], %[p3]       ;\n"
+	"       dec %[cnt]              ;\n"
+	"       jnz 1b                  ;\n"
+	: [cnt] "+r" (lines),
+	  [p1] "+r" (p1), [p2] "+r" (p2), [p3] "+r" (p3)
+	: [inc] XOR_CONSTANT_CONSTRAINT (256UL)
+	: "memory");
+
+	kernel_fpu_end();
+}
+
 static void
 xor_sse_4(unsigned long bytes, unsigned long *p1, unsigned long *p2,
 	  unsigned long *p3, unsigned long *p4)
@@ -235,6 +314,45 @@ xor_sse_4(unsigned long bytes, unsigned long *p1, unsigned long *p2,
 	kernel_fpu_end();
 }
 
+static void
+xor_sse_4_pf64(unsigned long bytes, unsigned long *p1, unsigned long *p2,
+	       unsigned long *p3, unsigned long *p4)
+{
+	unsigned long lines = bytes >> 8;
+
+	kernel_fpu_begin();
+
+	asm volatile(
+#undef BLOCK
+#define BLOCK(i)			\
+		BLK64(PF0, LD, i)	\
+		BLK64(PF1, XO1, i)	\
+		BLK64(PF2, XO2, i)	\
+		BLK64(PF3, XO3, i)	\
+		BLK64(NOP, ST, i)	\
+
+	" .align 32			;\n"
+	" 1:                            ;\n"
+
+		BLOCK(0)
+		BLOCK(4)
+		BLOCK(8)
+		BLOCK(12)
+
+	"       add %[inc], %[p1]       ;\n"
+	"       add %[inc], %[p2]       ;\n"
+	"       add %[inc], %[p3]       ;\n"
+	"       add %[inc], %[p4]       ;\n"
+	"       dec %[cnt]              ;\n"
+	"       jnz 1b                  ;\n"
+	: [cnt] "+r" (lines), [p1] "+r" (p1),
+	  [p2] "+r" (p2), [p3] "+r" (p3), [p4] "+r" (p4)
+	: [inc] XOR_CONSTANT_CONSTRAINT (256UL)
+	: "memory");
+
+	kernel_fpu_end();
+}
+
 static void
 xor_sse_5(unsigned long bytes, unsigned long *p1, unsigned long *p2,
 	  unsigned long *p3, unsigned long *p4, unsigned long *p5)
@@ -308,12 +426,63 @@ xor_sse_5(unsigned long bytes, unsigned long *p1, unsigned long *p2,
 	kernel_fpu_end();
 }
 
+static void
+xor_sse_5_pf64(unsigned long bytes, unsigned long *p1, unsigned long *p2,
+	       unsigned long *p3, unsigned long *p4, unsigned long *p5)
+{
+	unsigned long lines = bytes >> 8;
+
+	kernel_fpu_begin();
+
+	asm volatile(
+#undef BLOCK
+#define BLOCK(i)			\
+		BLK64(PF0, LD, i)	\
+		BLK64(PF1, XO1, i)	\
+		BLK64(PF2, XO2, i)	\
+		BLK64(PF3, XO3, i)	\
+		BLK64(PF4, XO4, i)	\
+		BLK64(NOP, ST, i)	\
+
+	" .align 32			;\n"
+	" 1:                            ;\n"
+
+		BLOCK(0)
+		BLOCK(4)
+		BLOCK(8)
+		BLOCK(12)
+
+	"       add %[inc], %[p1]       ;\n"
+	"       add %[inc], %[p2]       ;\n"
+	"       add %[inc], %[p3]       ;\n"
+	"       add %[inc], %[p4]       ;\n"
+	"       add %[inc], %[p5]       ;\n"
+	"       dec %[cnt]              ;\n"
+	"       jnz 1b                  ;\n"
+	: [cnt] "+r" (lines), [p1] "+r" (p1), [p2] "+r" (p2),
+	  [p3] "+r" (p3), [p4] "+r" (p4), [p5] "+r" (p5)
+	: [inc] XOR_CONSTANT_CONSTRAINT (256UL)
+	: "memory");
+
+	kernel_fpu_end();
+}
+
+static struct xor_block_template xor_block_sse_pf64 = {
+	.name = "prefetch64-sse",
+	.do_2 = xor_sse_2_pf64,
+	.do_3 = xor_sse_3_pf64,
+	.do_4 = xor_sse_4_pf64,
+	.do_5 = xor_sse_5_pf64,
+};
+
 #undef LD
 #undef XO1
 #undef XO2
 #undef XO3
 #undef XO4
 #undef ST
+#undef NOP
+#undef BLK64
 #undef BLOCK
 
 #undef XOR_CONSTANT_CONSTRAINT
@@ -324,4 +493,7 @@ xor_sse_5(unsigned long bytes, unsigned long *p1, unsigned long *p2,
 # include <asm/xor_64.h>
 #endif
 
+#define XOR_SELECT_TEMPLATE(FASTEST) \
+	AVX_SELECT(FASTEST)
+
 #endif /* _ASM_X86_XOR_H */

arch/x86/include/asm/xor_32.h

@@ -543,26 +543,25 @@ static struct xor_block_template xor_block_pIII_sse = {
 /* Also try the generic routines.  */
 #include <asm-generic/xor.h>
 
+/* We force the use of the SSE xor block because it can write around L2.
+   We may also be able to load into the L1 only depending on how the cpu
+   deals with a load to a line that is being prefetched.  */
 #undef XOR_TRY_TEMPLATES
 #define XOR_TRY_TEMPLATES				\
 do {							\
-	xor_speed(&xor_block_8regs);			\
-	xor_speed(&xor_block_8regs_p);			\
-	xor_speed(&xor_block_32regs);			\
-	xor_speed(&xor_block_32regs_p);			\
 	AVX_XOR_SPEED;					\
-	if (cpu_has_xmm)				\
+	if (cpu_has_xmm) {				\
 		xor_speed(&xor_block_pIII_sse);		\
-	if (cpu_has_mmx) {				\
+		xor_speed(&xor_block_sse_pf64);		\
+	} else if (cpu_has_mmx) {			\
 		xor_speed(&xor_block_pII_mmx);		\
 		xor_speed(&xor_block_p5_mmx);		\
+	} else {					\
+		xor_speed(&xor_block_8regs);		\
+		xor_speed(&xor_block_8regs_p);		\
+		xor_speed(&xor_block_32regs);		\
+		xor_speed(&xor_block_32regs_p);		\
 	}						\
 } while (0)
 
-/* We force the use of the SSE xor block because it can write around L2.
-   We may also be able to load into the L1 only depending on how the cpu
-   deals with a load to a line that is being prefetched.  */
-#define XOR_SELECT_TEMPLATE(FASTEST)			\
-	AVX_SELECT(cpu_has_xmm ? &xor_block_pIII_sse : FASTEST)
-
 #endif /* _ASM_X86_XOR_32_H */

arch/x86/include/asm/xor_64.h

@@ -13,17 +13,15 @@ static struct xor_block_template xor_block_sse = {
 /* Also try the AVX routines */
 #include <asm/xor_avx.h>
 
+/* We force the use of the SSE xor block because it can write around L2.
+   We may also be able to load into the L1 only depending on how the cpu
+   deals with a load to a line that is being prefetched.  */
 #undef XOR_TRY_TEMPLATES
 #define XOR_TRY_TEMPLATES			\
 do {						\
 	AVX_XOR_SPEED;				\
+	xor_speed(&xor_block_sse_pf64);		\
 	xor_speed(&xor_block_sse);		\
 } while (0)
 
-/* We force the use of the SSE xor block because it can write around L2.
-   We may also be able to load into the L1 only depending on how the cpu
-   deals with a load to a line that is being prefetched.  */
-#define XOR_SELECT_TEMPLATE(FASTEST) \
-	AVX_SELECT(&xor_block_sse)
-
 #endif /* _ASM_X86_XOR_64_H */