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author | Thomas Voss <mail@thomasvoss.com> | 2024-06-21 23:36:36 +0200 |
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committer | Thomas Voss <mail@thomasvoss.com> | 2024-06-21 23:42:26 +0200 |
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Basic constant folding implementation
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diff --git a/vendor/gmp-6.3.0/mpn/x86/k6/README b/vendor/gmp-6.3.0/mpn/x86/k6/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1d65af3 --- /dev/null +++ b/vendor/gmp-6.3.0/mpn/x86/k6/README @@ -0,0 +1,251 @@ +Copyright 2000, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc. + +This file is part of the GNU MP Library. + +The GNU MP Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify +it under the terms of either: + + * the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free + Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your + option) any later version. + +or + + * the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software + Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any + later version. + +or both in parallel, as here. + +The GNU MP Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but +WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY +or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License +for more details. + +You should have received copies of the GNU General Public License and the +GNU Lesser General Public License along with the GNU MP Library. If not, +see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/. + + + + + AMD K6 MPN SUBROUTINES + + + +This directory contains code optimized for AMD K6 CPUs, meaning K6, K6-2 and +K6-3. + +The mmx subdirectory has MMX code suiting plain K6, the k62mmx subdirectory +has MMX code suiting K6-2 and K6-3. All chips in the K6 family have MMX, +the separate directories are just so that ./configure can omit them if the +assembler doesn't support MMX. + + + + +STATUS + +Times for the loops, with all code and data in L1 cache, are as follows. + + cycles/limb + + mpn_add_n/sub_n 3.25 normal, 2.75 in-place + + mpn_mul_1 6.25 + mpn_add/submul_1 7.65-8.4 (varying with data values) + + mpn_mul_basecase 9.25 cycles/crossproduct (approx) + mpn_sqr_basecase 4.7 cycles/crossproduct (approx) + or 9.2 cycles/triangleproduct (approx) + + mpn_l/rshift 3.0 + + mpn_divrem_1 20.0 + mpn_mod_1 20.0 + mpn_divexact_by3 11.0 + + mpn_copyi 1.0 + mpn_copyd 1.0 + + +K6-2 and K6-3 have dual-issue MMX and get the following improvements. + + mpn_l/rshift 1.75 + + +Prefetching of sources hasn't yet given any joy. With the 3DNow "prefetch" +instruction, code seems to run slower, and with just "mov" loads it doesn't +seem faster. Results so far are inconsistent. The K6 does a hardware +prefetch of the second cache line in a sector, so the penalty for not +prefetching in software is reduced. + + + + +NOTES + +All K6 family chips have MMX, but only K6-2 and K6-3 have 3DNow. + +Plain K6 executes MMX instructions only in the X pipe, but K6-2 and K6-3 can +execute them in both X and Y (and in both together). + +Branch misprediction penalty is 1 to 4 cycles (Optimization Manual +chapter 6 table 12). + +Write-allocate L1 data cache means prefetching of destinations is unnecessary. +Store queue is 7 entries of 64 bits each. + +Floating point multiplications can be done in parallel with integer +multiplications, but there doesn't seem to be any way to make use of this. + + + +OPTIMIZATIONS + +Unrolled loops are used to reduce looping overhead. The unrolling is +configurable up to 32 limbs/loop for most routines, up to 64 for some. + +Sometimes computed jumps into the unrolling are used to handle sizes not a +multiple of the unrolling. An attractive feature of this is that times +smoothly increase with operand size, but an indirect jump is about 6 cycles +and the setups about another 6, so it depends on how much the unrolled code +is faster than a simple loop as to whether a computed jump ought to be used. + +Position independent code is implemented using a call to get eip for +computed jumps and a ret is always done, rather than an addl $4,%esp or a +popl, so the CPU return address branch prediction stack stays synchronised +with the actual stack in memory. Such a call however still costs 4 to 7 +cycles. + +Branch prediction, in absence of any history, will guess forward jumps are +not taken and backward jumps are taken. Where possible it's arranged that +the less likely or less important case is under a taken forward jump. + + + +MMX + +Putting emms or femms as late as possible in a routine seems to be fastest. +Perhaps an emms or femms stalls until all outstanding MMX instructions have +completed, so putting it later gives them a chance to complete on their own, +in parallel with other operations (like register popping). + +The Optimization Manual chapter 5 recommends using a femms on K6-2 and K6-3 +at the start of a routine, in case it's been preceded by x87 floating point +operations. This isn't done because in gmp programs it's expected that x87 +floating point won't be much used and that chances are an mpn routine won't +have been preceded by any x87 code. + + + +CODING + +Instructions in general code are shown paired if they can decode and execute +together, meaning two short decode instructions with the second not +depending on the first, only the first using the shifter, no more than one +load, and no more than one store. + +K6 does some out of order execution so the pairings aren't essential, they +just show what slots might be available. When decoding is the limiting +factor things can be scheduled that might not execute until later. + + + +NOTES + +Code alignment + +- if an opcode/modrm or 0Fh/opcode/modrm crosses a cache line boundary, + short decode is inhibited. The cross.pl script detects this. + +- loops and branch targets should be aligned to 16 bytes, or ensure at least + 2 instructions before a 32 byte boundary. This makes use of the 16 byte + cache in the BTB. + +Addressing modes + +- (%esi) degrades decoding from short to vector. 0(%esi) doesn't have this + problem, and can be used as an equivalent, or easier is just to use a + different register, like %ebx. + +- K6 and pre-CXT core K6-2 have the following problem. (K6-2 CXT and K6-3 + have it fixed, these being cpuid function 1 signatures 0x588 to 0x58F). + + If more than 3 bytes are needed to determine instruction length then + decoding degrades from direct to long, or from long to vector. This + happens with forms like "0F opcode mod/rm" with mod/rm=00-xxx-100 since + with mod=00 the sib determines whether there's a displacement. + + This affects all MMX and 3DNow instructions, and others with an 0F prefix, + like movzbl. The modes affected are anything with an index and no + displacement, or an index but no base, and this includes (%esp) which is + really (,%esp,1). + + The cross.pl script detects problem cases. The workaround is to always + use a displacement, and to do this with Zdisp if it's zero so the + assembler doesn't discard it. + + See Optimization Manual rev D page 67 and 3DNow Porting Guide rev B pages + 13-14 and 36-37. + +Calls + +- indirect jumps and calls are not branch predicted, they measure about 6 + cycles. + +Various + +- adcl 2 cycles of decode, maybe 2 cycles executing in the X pipe +- bsf 12-27 cycles +- emms 5 cycles +- femms 3 cycles +- jecxz 2 cycles taken, 13 not taken (optimization manual says 7 not taken) +- divl 20 cycles back-to-back +- imull 2 decode, 3 execute +- mull 2 decode, 3 execute (optimization manual decoding sample) +- prefetch 2 cycles +- rcll/rcrl implicit by one bit: 2 cycles + immediate or %cl count: 11 + 2 per bit for dword + 13 + 4 per bit for byte +- setCC 2 cycles +- xchgl %eax,reg 1.5 cycles, back-to-back (strange) + reg,reg 2 cycles, back-to-back + + + + +REFERENCES + +"AMD-K6 Processor Code Optimization Application Note", AMD publication +number 21924, revision D amendment 0, January 2000. This describes K6-2 and +K6-3. Available on-line, + +http://www.amd.com/us-en/assets/content_type/white_papers_and_tech_docs/21924.pdf + +"AMD-K6 MMX Enhanced Processor x86 Code Optimization Application Note", AMD +publication number 21828, revision A amendment 0, August 1997. This is an +older edition of the above document, describing plain K6. Available +on-line, + +http://www.amd.com/us-en/assets/content_type/white_papers_and_tech_docs/21828.pdf + +"3DNow Technology Manual", AMD publication number 21928G/0-March 2000. +This describes the femms and prefetch instructions, but nothing else from +3DNow has been used. Available on-line, + +http://www.amd.com/us-en/assets/content_type/white_papers_and_tech_docs/21928.pdf + +"3DNow Instruction Porting Guide", AMD publication number 22621, revision B, +August 1999. This has some notes on general K6 optimizations as well as +3DNow. Available on-line, + +http://www.amd.com/us-en/assets/content_type/white_papers_and_tech_docs/22621.pdf + + + +---------------- +Local variables: +mode: text +fill-column: 76 +End: |