linux-kernel - [PATCH] riscv: select ARCH_HAS_FAST

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Tue, 21 Nov 2023 22:43:40 +0800
From:   Jisheng Zhang <jszhang@...nel.org>
To:     Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@...ive.com>,
        Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com>,
        Albert Ou <aou@...s.berkeley.edu>
Cc:     linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] riscv: select ARCH_HAS_FAST_MULTIPLIER

Currently, riscv linux requires at least IMA, so all platforms have a
multiplier. And I assume the 'mul' efficiency is comparable or better
than a sequence of five or so register-dependent arithmetic
instructions. Select ARCH_HAS_FAST_MULTIPLIER to get slightly nicer
codegen. Refer to commit f9b4192923fa ("[PATCH] bitops: hweight()
speedup") for more details.

In a simple benchmark test calling hweight64() in a loop, it got:
about 14% preformance improvement on JH7110, tested on Milkv Mars.

about 23% performance improvement on TH1520 and SG2042, tested on
Sipeed LPI4A and SG2042 platform.

a slight performance drop on CV1800B, tested on milkv duo. Among all
riscv platforms in my hands, this is the only one which sees a slight
performance drop. It means the 'mul' isn't quick enough. However, the
situation exists on x86 too, for example, P4 doesn't have fast
integer multiplies as said in the above commit, x86 also selects
ARCH_HAS_FAST_MULTIPLIER. So let's select ARCH_HAS_FAST_MULTIPLIER
which can benefit almost riscv platforms.

Signed-off-by: Jisheng Zhang <jszhang@...nel.org>
---
 arch/riscv/Kconfig | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/arch/riscv/Kconfig b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
index 95a2a06acc6a..e4834fa76417 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ config RISCV
 	select ARCH_HAS_DEBUG_VIRTUAL if MMU
 	select ARCH_HAS_DEBUG_VM_PGTABLE
 	select ARCH_HAS_DEBUG_WX
+	select ARCH_HAS_FAST_MULTIPLIER
 	select ARCH_HAS_FORTIFY_SOURCE
 	select ARCH_HAS_GCOV_PROFILE_ALL
 	select ARCH_HAS_GIGANTIC_PAGE
-- 
2.42.0