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Date:   Thu, 25 Nov 2021 00:49:34 -0600
From:   Noah Goldstein <goldstein.w.n@...il.com>
To:     Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Cc:     Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>, alexanderduyck@...com,
        kbuild-all@...ts.01.org, open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-um@...ts.infradead.org, lkp@...el.com, peterz@...radead.org,
        X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [tip:x86/core 1/1] arch/x86/um/../lib/csum-partial_64.c:98:12:
 error: implicit declaration of function 'load_unaligned_zeropad'

On Thu, Nov 25, 2021 at 12:46 AM Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Nov 24, 2021 at 10:32 PM Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com> wrote:
>
> > -       }
> > +       if (unlikely(odd))
> > +               result = ror32(result, 8);
> >         return (__force __wsum)result;
>
> Oh well, gcc at least removes the conditional and generates a ror and a cmov

Seems like a missed optimization for `unlikely` where dependency breaking
is pretty common.

Although still saves a uop because of `imm8` operand.

>
>         mov    %edx,%eax
>         ror    $0x8,%eax
>         test   %r8,%r8
>         cmove  %edx,%eax
>         ret
>
> clang keeps the cond jmp
>          test   $0x1,%dil
>          je     93
>          rol    $0x18,%eax
> 93:    ret