Hey Eric, On Sun, Feb 12, 2017 at 03:38:02PM -0800, Eric Biggers wrote: > Hi Sven, > > On Sun, Feb 12, 2017 at 12:16:18PM +0100, Sven Schmidt wrote: > > /*-************************************ > > * Reading and writing into memory > > **************************************/ > > +typedef union { > > + U16 u16; > > + U32 u32; > > + size_t uArch; > > +} __packed unalign; > > > > -static inline U16 LZ4_read16(const void *memPtr) > > +static FORCE_INLINE __maybe_unused U16 LZ4_read16(const void *ptr) > > { > > - U16 val; > > - > > - memcpy(&val, memPtr, sizeof(val)); > > - > > - return val; > > + return ((const unalign *)ptr)->u16; > > } > > > > -static inline U32 LZ4_read32(const void *memPtr) > > +static FORCE_INLINE __maybe_unused U32 LZ4_read32(const void *ptr) > > { > > - U32 val; > > - > > - memcpy(&val, memPtr, sizeof(val)); > > - > > - return val; > > + return ((const unalign *)ptr)->u32; > > } > > > > -static inline size_t LZ4_read_ARCH(const void *memPtr) > > +static FORCE_INLINE __maybe_unused size_t LZ4_read_ARCH(const void *ptr) > > { > > - size_t val; > > - > > - memcpy(&val, memPtr, sizeof(val)); > > - > > - return val; > > + return ((const unalign *)ptr)->uArch; > > } > > > > -static inline void LZ4_write16(void *memPtr, U16 value) > > +static FORCE_INLINE __maybe_unused void LZ4_write16(void *memPtr, U16 value) > > { > > - memcpy(memPtr, &value, sizeof(value)); > > + ((unalign *)memPtr)->u16 = value; > > } > > > > -static inline void LZ4_write32(void *memPtr, U32 value) > > -{ > > - memcpy(memPtr, &value, sizeof(value)); > > +static FORCE_INLINE __maybe_unused void LZ4_write32(void *memPtr, U32 value) { > > + ((unalign *)memPtr)->u32 = value; > > } > > > > -static inline U16 LZ4_readLE16(const void *memPtr) > > +static FORCE_INLINE __maybe_unused U16 LZ4_readLE16(const void *memPtr) > > { > > -#ifdef __LITTLE_ENDIAN__ > > +#if LZ4_LITTLE_ENDIAN > > return LZ4_read16(memPtr); > > #else > > const BYTE *p = (const BYTE *)memPtr; > > @@ -137,19 +143,19 @@ static inline U16 LZ4_readLE16(const void *memPtr) > > #endif > > } > > Since upstream LZ4 is intended to be compiled at -O3, this may allow it to get > away with using memcpy() for unaligned memory accesses. The reason it uses > memcpy() is that, other than a byte-by-byte copy, it is the only portable way to > express unaligned memory accesses. But the Linux kernel is sometimes compiled > optimized for size (-Os), and I wouldn't be *too* surprised if some of the > memcpy()'s don't always get inlined then, which could be causing the performance > regression being observed. (Of course, this could be verified by checking > whether CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE=y is set, then reading the assembly.) > > But I don't think accessing a __packed structure directly is the right > alternative. Instead, Linux already includes macros for unaligned memory > accesses which have been optimized for every supported architecture. Those > should just be used instead, e.g. like this: > > static FORCE_INLINE U16 LZ4_read16(const void *ptr) > { > return get_unaligned((const u16 *)ptr); > } > > static FORCE_INLINE U32 LZ4_read32(const void *ptr) > { > return get_unaligned((const u32 *)ptr); > } > > static FORCE_INLINE size_t LZ4_read_ARCH(const void *ptr) > { > return get_unaligned((const size_t *)ptr); > } > > static FORCE_INLINE void LZ4_write16(void *memPtr, U16 value) > { > put_unaligned(value, (u16 *)memPtr); > } > > static FORCE_INLINE void LZ4_write32(void *memPtr, U32 value) > { > put_unaligned(value, (u32 *)memPtr); > } > > static FORCE_INLINE U16 LZ4_readLE16(const void *memPtr) > { > return get_unaligned_le16(memPtr); > } > > static FORCE_INLINE void LZ4_writeLE16(void *memPtr, U16 value) > { > return put_unaligned_le16(value, memPtr); > } > > static FORCE_INLINE void LZ4_copy8(void *dst, const void *src) > { > if (LZ4_64bits()) { > u64 a = get_unaligned((const u64 *)src); > put_unaligned(a, (u64 *)dst); > } else { > u32 a = get_unaligned((const u32 *)src); > u32 b = get_unaligned((const u32 *)src + 1); > put_unaligned(a, (u32 *)dst); > put_unaligned(b, (u32 *)dst + 1); > } > } > > > Note that I dropped __maybe_unused as it's not needed on inline functions. > That should be done everywhere else the patch proposes to add it too. > > > -#if LZ4_ARCH64 > > -#ifdef __BIG_ENDIAN__ > > -#define LZ4_NBCOMMONBYTES(val) (__builtin_clzll(val) >> 3) > > +static FORCE_INLINE unsigned int LZ4_NbCommonBytes(register size_t val) > > +{ > > +#if LZ4_LITTLE_ENDIAN > > +#if LZ4_ARCH64 /* 64 Bits Little Endian */ > > +#if defined(LZ4_FORCE_SW_BITCOUNT) > > + static const int DeBruijnBytePos[64] = { > > + 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 2, 0, 3, 1, 3, 1, 4, 2, 7, > > + 0, 2, 3, 6, 1, 5, 3, 5, 1, 3, 4, 4, 2, 5, 6, 7, > > + 7, 0, 1, 2, 3, 3, 4, 6, 2, 6, 5, 5, 3, 4, 5, 6, > > + 7, 1, 2, 4, 6, 4, 4, 5, 7, 2, 6, 5, 7, 6, 7, 7 > > + }; > > + > > + return DeBruijnBytePos[((U64)((val & -(long long)val) > > + * 0x0218A392CDABBD3FULL)) >> 58]; > > #else > > -#define LZ4_NBCOMMONBYTES(val) (__builtin_ctzll(val) >> 3) > > -#endif > > + return (__builtin_ctzll((U64)val) >> 3); > > +#endif /* defined(LZ4_FORCE_SW_BITCOUNT) */ > > +#else /* 32 Bits Little Endian */ > > +#if defined(LZ4_FORCE_SW_BITCOUNT) > > + static const int DeBruijnBytePos[32] = { > > + 0, 0, 3, 0, 3, 1, 3, 0, 3, 2, 2, 1, 3, 2, 0, 1, > > + 3, 3, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 0, 3, 1, 2, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1 > > + }; > > + > > + return DeBruijnBytePos[((U32)((val & -(S32)val) > > + * 0x077CB531U)) >> 27]; > > #else > > -#ifdef __BIG_ENDIAN__ > > -#define LZ4_NBCOMMONBYTES(val) (__builtin_clz(val) >> 3) > > + return (__builtin_ctz((U32)val) >> 3); > > +#endif /* defined(LZ4_FORCE_SW_BITCOUNT) */ > > +#endif /* LZ4_ARCH64 */ > > +#else /* Big Endian */ > > +#if LZ4_ARCH64 /* 64 Bits Big Endian */ > > +#if defined(LZ4_FORCE_SW_BITCOUNT) > > + unsigned int r; > > + > > + if (!(val >> 32)) { > > + r = 4; > > + } else { > > + r = 0; > > + val >>= 32; > > + } > > + > > + if (!(val >> 16)) { > > + r += 2; > > + val >>= 8; > > + } else { > > + val >>= 24; > > + } > > + > > + r += (!val); > > + > > + return r; > > #else > > -#define LZ4_NBCOMMONBYTES(val) (__builtin_ctz(val) >> 3) > > -#endif > > -#endif > > + return (__builtin_clzll((U64)val) >> 3); > > +#endif /* defined(LZ4_FORCE_SW_BITCOUNT) */ > > +#else /* 32 Bits Big Endian */ > > +#if defined(LZ4_FORCE_SW_BITCOUNT) > > + unsigned int r; > > + > > + if (!(val >> 16)) { > > + r = 2; > > + val >>= 8; > > + } else { > > + r = 0; > > + val >>= 24; > > + } > > + > > + r += (!val); > > + > > + return r; > > +#else > > + return (__builtin_clz((U32)val) >> 3); > > +#endif /* defined(LZ4_FORCE_SW_BITCOUNT) */ > > +#endif /* LZ4_ARCH64 */ > > +#endif /* LZ4_LITTLE_ENDIAN */ > > +} > > The reason LZ4_NbCommonBytes() in upstream LZ4 is so complicated is that it > needs to provide portable fallbacks that work on *any* platform and compiler. > This isn't needed in the Linux kernel, and it should just call the functions > already defined that do the right thing: > > static FORCE_INLINE unsigned int LZ4_NbCommonBytes(register size_t val) > { > if (LZ4_isLittleEndian()) > return __ffs(val) >> 3; > else > return (BITS_PER_LONG - 1 - __fls(val)) >> 3; > } > > To be clear, when I said that upstream LZ4 shouldn't generally be changed, I'm > primarily talking about the core code, not the platform-specific parts. What we > need to do is define platform-specific stuff, like LZ4_read*(), LZ4_write*(), > LZ4_NbCommonBytes(), LZ4_64bits(), and FORCE_INLINE, in a way that makes sense > for the Linux kernel and the environment it's compiled in. Also I think it's > fine, and maybe even necessary for performance, to *add* inline or FORCE_INLINE > in some places too, given that LZ4 in Linux may get compiled with a lower > optimization level than that intended to be used for upstream LZ4 --- though it > may be worth considering updating the Makefile to just always compile the LZ4 > files with -O3 instead. What should be avoided is making unnecessary changes to > the *users* of the platform-specific code or to the core (de)compression > parameters or templates. > > Eric I'm very thankful for your effort here! I included all your proposed changes (as well as -O3 as compiler flag in the Makefile) and noticed further improvements concerning the performance in ZRAM (compared to current LZ4 in 4.10 RC8 as well as the previous changes discussed here). I would never have thought that the NBcommonBytes function can be re-written in such an easy way, since the current LZ4 in the kernel uses similar approach checking for 64/32 bit and endianess. Also, thanks for your very detailed remarks. That's really helpful to me. Regards, Sven