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Message-ID: <0c14ac71-86b5-be3a-3d48-b051a288e573@eswin.com>
Date:   Thu, 23 Jul 2020 10:57:13 +0800
From:   Chenxi Mao <maochenxi@...in.com>
To:     Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com>
Cc:     kernel@...il.dk, Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@...ive.com>,
        aou@...s.berkeley.edu, linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, chenxi.mao2013@...il.com,
        wangqiang1@...in.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] riscv: Enable ARCH_HAS_FAST_MULTIPLIER for RV64I

Hi Palmer:


Did you mean we drop this totally or drop this for __sw_hweight32 only?


Chenxi

On 2020/7/23 上午10:13, Palmer Dabbelt wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Jul 2020 18:59:12 PDT (-0700), maochenxi@...in.com wrote:
>> Hi Palmer and Emil:
>>
>> As Emil mentioned in previous E-mail loop, I did the same test on my kernel as well.
>
> Sorry, I guess I crossed up my emails.  I think it's best to just drop this for
> now, as it doesn't actually seem to generate better code for our current
> target.
>
>>
>> My kernel is based on Linux 5.8-RC6 with GCC-10.1. (ISA C extension enabled)
>>
>> The disassembly code as below:
>>
>> CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_FAST_MULTIPLIER enabled:
>>
>> 0000000000000000 <__sw_hweight32>:
>>    0:    555557b7              lui    a5,0x55555
>>    4:    0015571b              srliw    a4,a0,0x1
>>    8:    55578793              addi    a5,a5,1365 # 55555555 <.LASF5+0x5555509d>
>>    c:    8ff9                    and    a5,a5,a4
>>    e:    9d1d                    subw    a0,a0,a5
>>
>> 0000000000000010 <.LVL1>:
>>   10:    333337b7              lui    a5,0x33333
>>   14:    33378793              addi    a5,a5,819 # 33333333 <.LASF5+0x33332e7b>
>>   18:    0025571b              srliw    a4,a0,0x2
>>   1c:    8d7d                    and    a0,a0,a5
>>   1e:    8ff9                    and    a5,a5,a4
>>   20:    9fa9                    addw    a5,a5,a0
>>   22:    0047d51b              srliw    a0,a5,0x4
>>   26:    9fa9                    addw    a5,a5,a0
>>   28:    0f0f1537              lui    a0,0xf0f1
>>   2c:    1141                    addi    sp,sp,-16
>>   2e:    f0f50513              addi    a0,a0,-241 # f0f0f0f <.LASF5+0xf0f0a57>
>>   32:    e422                    sd    s0,8(sp)
>>   34:    8fe9                    and    a5,a5,a0
>>   36:    0800                    addi    s0,sp,16
>>   38:    0087951b              slliw    a0,a5,0x8
>>   3c:    6422                    ld    s0,8(sp)
>>   3e:    9d3d                    addw    a0,a0,a5
>>   40:    0105179b              slliw    a5,a0,0x10
>>   44:    9d3d                    addw    a0,a0,a5
>>   46:    0185551b              srliw    a0,a0,0x18
>>   4a:    0141                    addi    sp,sp,16
>>   4c:    8082                    ret
>>
>> CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_FAST_MULTIPLIER disabled:
>>
>> 000000000000004e <__sw_hweight32_default>:
>>   4e:    55555737              lui    a4,0x55555
>>   52:    0015579b              srliw    a5,a0,0x1
>>   56:    55570713              addi    a4,a4,1365 # 55555555 <.LASF5+0x5555509d>
>>   5a:    8ff9                    and    a5,a5,a4
>>   5c:    9d1d                    subw    a0,a0,a5
>>
>> 000000000000005e <.LVL3>:
>>   5e:    333337b7              lui    a5,0x33333
>>   62:    33378793              addi    a5,a5,819 # 33333333 <.LASF5+0x33332e7b>
>>   66:    0025571b              srliw    a4,a0,0x2
>>   6a:    8d7d                    and    a0,a0,a5
>>   6c:    8ff9                    and    a5,a5,a4
>>   6e:    9fa9                    addw    a5,a5,a0
>>   70:    0047d51b              srliw    a0,a5,0x4
>>   74:    9d3d                    addw    a0,a0,a5
>>   76:    0f0f17b7              lui    a5,0xf0f1
>>   7a:    1141                    addi    sp,sp,-16
>>   7c:    f0f78793              addi    a5,a5,-241 # f0f0f0f <.LASF5+0xf0f0a57>
>>   80:    e422                    sd    s0,8(sp)
>>   82:    8fe9                    and    a5,a5,a0
>>   84:    0800                    addi    s0,sp,16
>>   86:    0087d51b              srliw    a0,a5,0x8
>>   8a:    6422                    ld    s0,8(sp)
>>   8c:    9fa9                    addw    a5,a5,a0
>>   8e:    0107d51b              srliw    a0,a5,0x10
>>   92:    9d3d                    addw    a0,a0,a5
>>   94:    0ff57513              andi    a0,a0,255
>>   98:    0141                    addi    sp,sp,16
>>   9a:    8082                    ret
>>
>> This 2 implementations is almost same but small differences.
>>
>> Especially in CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_FAST_MULTIPLIER condition,  below code didn't use "mul" instructions.
>>
>>     " return (w * 0x01010101) >> 24; "
>>
>> So I am trying to translate this code with inline assembly as below:
>>
>> //return (w * 0x01010101) >> 24;
>> __asm__ (
>> " mul %0, %0, %1\n"
>> : "+r" (w)
>> : "r" (w), "r"(0x01010101)
>> :);
>> return w >> 24;
>>
>> After above change, the disassambly as below:
>> 0000000000000000 <__sw_hweight32>:
>>    0:    555557b7              lui    a5,0x55555
>>    4:    0015571b              srliw    a4,a0,0x1
>>    8:    55578793              addi    a5,a5,1365 # 55555555 <.LASF5+0x55555119>
>>    c:    8ff9                    and    a5,a5,a4
>>    e:    9d1d                    subw    a0,a0,a5
>>
>> 0000000000000010 <.LVL1>:
>>   10:    333337b7              lui    a5,0x33333
>>   14:    0025571b              srliw    a4,a0,0x2
>>   18:    33378793              addi    a5,a5,819 # 33333333 <.LASF5+0x33332ef7>
>>   1c:    8d7d                    and    a0,a0,a5
>>   1e:    8ff9                    and    a5,a5,a4
>>   20:    9fa9                    addw    a5,a5,a0
>>   22:    0047d71b              srliw    a4,a5,0x4
>>   26:    9f3d                    addw    a4,a4,a5
>>   28:    0f0f17b7              lui    a5,0xf0f1
>>   2c:    1141                    addi    sp,sp,-16
>>   2e:    f0f78793              addi    a5,a5,-241 # f0f0f0f <.LASF5+0xf0f0ad3>
>>   32:    e422                    sd    s0,8(sp)
>>   34:    8ff9                    and    a5,a5,a4
>>   36:    0800                    addi    s0,sp,16
>>   38:    01010737              lui    a4,0x1010
>>   3c:    853e                    mv    a0,a5
>>
>> 000000000000003e <.LVL2>:
>>   3e:    1017071b              addiw    a4,a4,257
>>   42:    02f50533              mul    a0,a0,a5
>>   46:    6422                    ld    s0,8(sp)
>>   48:    0185551b              srliw    a0,a0,0x18
>>
>> "mul" instruction is leveraged as expectation, but 0x01010101 load waste several instructions.
>>
>> Based on this test, force to leverage "mul" instruction might be not faster than current compiler implementations.
>>
>> I am not sure above assembly is the best way to load 0x01010101? I checked the ISA manual, "lui" only
>>
>> load 20 bits per time, is this the best way to load instants?
>>
>>
>> On the other hand, I try to compare ARM64 disassembly code:
>>
>> .....
>>
>>    4:    3200c3e2     mov    w2, #0x1010101                 // #16843009
>>
>> ......
>>
>>    w =  (w + (w >> 4)) & 0x0f0f0f0f;
>>   20:    0b401000     add    w0, w0, w0, lsr #4
>>   24:    1200cc00     and    w0, w0, #0xf0f0f0f
>>     return (w * 0x01010101) >> 24;
>>   28:    1b027c00     mul    w0, w0, w2
>>
>> Only one "mov" instructions to load 0x1010101 and one "mul" instruction for multiply.
>>
>>
>> Let me summary as below:
>>
>> 1.  GCC 10.1 cannot generate "mul" instruction when CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_FAST_MULTIPLIER enabled.
>>
>> 2. force to generate "mul" didn't get better because instants load waste instructions.
>>
>> 3. If GCC compiler behavior is best solution for this case, we could have below work around on Riscv.
>>
>>  unsigned int __sw_hweight32(unsigned int w)
>>  {
>> -#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_FAST_MULTIPLIER
>> +/*
>> + * Risc-V could not generate mul(w) instruction in this case
>> + */
>> +#if defined(CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_FAST_MULTIPLIER) && !defined(CONFIG_RISCV)
>>         w -= (w >> 1) & 0x55555555;
>>         w =  (w & 0x33333333) + ((w >> 2) & 0x33333333);
>>         w =  (w + (w >> 4)) & 0x0f0f0f0f;
>>
>>
>> Chenxi
>>
>>
>> On 2020/7/21 上午9:17, Palmer Dabbelt wrote:
>>> On Wed, 08 Jul 2020 22:19:22 PDT (-0700), maochenxi@...in.com wrote:
>>>> Enable ARCH_HAS_FAST_MULTIPLIER on RV64I
>>>> which works fine on GCC-9.3 and GCC-10.1
>>>>
>>>> PS2: remove ARCH_SUPPORTS_INT128 because of RV64I already enabled.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Chenxi Mao <maochenxi@...in.com>
>>>> ---
>>>>  arch/riscv/Kconfig | 1 +
>>>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/arch/riscv/Kconfig b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
>>>> index 128192e14ff2..84e6777fecad 100644
>>>> --- a/arch/riscv/Kconfig
>>>> +++ b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
>>>> @@ -202,6 +202,7 @@ config ARCH_RV64I
>>>>      bool "RV64I"
>>>>      select 64BIT
>>>>      select ARCH_SUPPORTS_INT128 if CC_HAS_INT128 && GCC_VERSION >= 50000
>>>> +    select ARCH_HAS_FAST_MULTIPLIER
>>>>      select HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE if MMU
>>>>      select HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_REGS if HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
>>>>      select HAVE_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
>>>
>>> Ah, thanks -- this one didn't show up when I was looking at the last one.  I
>>> think we can put the fast multiplier on rv32 and rv64, there shouldn't be any
>>> difference there.  I guess in theory we should be sticking this all in some
>>> sort of "platform type" optimization flags, but that's probably bit much for
>>> now.

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