linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] x86/lib: Optimize 8x loop and memory clobbers in csum

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Date:   Fri, 26 Nov 2021 22:51:05 -0800
From:   Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
To:     Noah Goldstein <goldstein.w.n@...il.com>
Cc:     tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com, bp@...en8.de,
        dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com, x86@...nel.org, hpa@...or.com,
        peterz@...radead.org, alexanderduyck@...com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] x86/lib: Optimize 8x loop and memory clobbers in csum_partial.c

On Fri, Nov 26, 2021 at 10:39 PM Noah Goldstein <goldstein.w.n@...il.com> wrote:
>
> Modify the 8x loop to that it uses two independent
> accumulators. Despite adding more instructions the latency and
> throughput of the loop is improved because the `adc` chains can now
> take advantage of multiple execution units.

Oh well, there was really no need to resend this, especially if you do
not add my ack.

Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>