fast_clear_page() uses mmx instructions for clearing a page, what about
using sse instructions?
sse instructions can store 128 bit in one instruction, mmx only 64 bit.
On a Pentium III it isn't faster, but it should be faster on a Pentium
4.
I've written a user space test app - could someone with a Pentium 4 run
it?
Just compile the attached program and run it for ~ 1 minute.
Then write down the lowest numbers for 'zerotest', 'zeropg_1',
"zeropg_sse_1' and 'zeropg_mmx_1' and post them to linux-kernel.
Thanks,
Manfred
P.S: you need a recent binutils version to compile the app, I've
uploaded a precompiled binary to
http://colorfullife.com/~manfred/zero
/*
* zeropg.cpp: test normal, mmx & sse clear_page()
*
* Copyright (C) 1999, 2001 by Manfred Spraul.
*
* Redistribution of this file is permitted under the terms of the GNU
* Public License (GPL)
* $Header: /pub/cvs/ms/movetest/zeropg.cpp,v 1.2 2001/02/08 16:02:08 manfred Exp $
*/
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <unistd.h>
// Intel recommends that a serializing instruction
// should be called before and after rdtsc.
// CPUID is a serializing instruction.
// ".align 64:" the atlon has a 64 byte cache line size.
#define read_rdtsc_before(time) \
__asm__ __volatile__( \
".align 64\n\t" \
"cpuid\n\t" \
"rdtsc\n\t" \
"mov %%eax,(%0)\n\t" \
"mov %%edx,4(%0)\n\t" \
"cpuid\n\t" \
: /* no output */ \
: "S"(&time) \
: "eax", "ebx", "ecx", "edx", "memory")
#define read_rdtsc_after(time) \
__asm__ __volatile__( \
"cpuid\n\t" \
"rdtsc\n\t" \
"mov %%eax,(%0)\n\t" \
"mov %%edx,4(%0)\n\t" \
"cpuid\n\t" \
: /* no output */ \
: "S"(&time) \
: "eax", "ebx", "ecx", "edx", "memory")
#define BUILD_TESTFNC(name, text, instructions) \
static void name(void) \
{ \
unsigned long long time; \
unsigned long long time2; \
static unsigned long best = 1024*1024*1024; \
\
read_rdtsc_before(time); \
instructions; \
read_rdtsc_after(time2); \
if(time2-time < best) { \
printf( text ": %Ld ticks; \n", \
time2-time); \
best = time2-time; \
} \
}
void filler(void)
{
static int i = 3;
static int j;
j = i*i;
}
#define DO_3(x) \
do { x; x; x; } while(0)
#define DO_T(y) do { \
DO_3(filler()); \
y; \
DO_3(filler());} while(0)
#define DRAIN_SZ (4*1024*1024)
int other[3*DRAIN_SZ];
static void drain_cache(void)
{
int i;
for(i=0;i<DRAIN_SZ;i++) other[DRAIN_SZ+i]=0;
for(i=0;i<DRAIN_SZ;i++) if(other[DRAIN_SZ+i]!=0) break;
}
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
char dest[16384*1024] __attribute ((aligned (128)));
char source[16384*1024] __attribute ((aligned (128)));
/* from linux-2.2.18/include/asm-i386/uaccess.h */
#define zeropg(mem,pg) \
do { \
int d1, d2; \
__asm__ __volatile__( \
"xor %%eax,%%eax\n\t" \
"rep; stosl\n\t" \
: "=&c" (d1), "=&D" (d2) \
: "0" (pg*1024), "1" (mem) \
: "eax", "memory"); \
} while (0)
/* MMX versions, from linux 2.4.1, without prefetch (P III) */
#define zeropg_mmx(mem,pg) \
do { \
int d1, d2; \
__asm__ __volatile__( \
" pxor %%mm0, %%mm0\n" \
"1: movntq %%mm0, (%1)\n" \
" movntq %%mm0, 8(%1)\n" \
" movntq %%mm0, 16(%1)\n" \
" movntq %%mm0, 24(%1)\n" \
" movntq %%mm0, 32(%1)\n" \
" movntq %%mm0, 40(%1)\n" \
" movntq %%mm0, 48(%1)\n" \
" movntq %%mm0, 56(%1)\n" \
" add $64, %1\n" \
" dec %0\n" \
" jge 1b\n" \
" sfence\n" \
: "=&r" (d1), "=&D" (d2) \
: "0" (pg*64), "1" (mem) \
: "eax", "memory"); \
} while (0)
#define zeropg_sse(mem,pg) \
do { \
int d1, d2; \
__asm__ __volatile__( \
" xorps %%xmm0, %%xmm0\n" \
"1: movntps %%xmm0, (%1)\n" \
" movntps %%xmm0, 16(%1)\n" \
" movntps %%xmm0, 32(%1)\n" \
" movntps %%xmm0, 48(%1)\n" \
" movntps %%xmm0, 64(%1)\n" \
" movntps %%xmm0, 80(%1)\n" \
" movntps %%xmm0, 96(%1)\n" \
" movntps %%xmm0, 112(%1)\n" \
" add $128, %1\n" \
" dec %0\n" \
" jge 1b\n" \
" sfence\n" \
: "=&r" (d1), "=&D" (d2) \
: "0" (pg*32), "1" (mem) \
: "eax", "memory"); \
} while (0)
BUILD_TESTFNC(zerotest,"zerotest", DO_T((void)0));
BUILD_TESTFNC(test_1, "zeropg_1", DO_T(zeropg(&dest,1)));
BUILD_TESTFNC(test_2, "zeropg_mmx_1", DO_T(zeropg_mmx(&dest,1)));
BUILD_TESTFNC(test_3, "zeropg_sse_1", DO_T(zeropg_sse(&dest,1)));
int main()
{
if(geteuid() == 0) {
int res = nice(-20);
if(res < 0) {
perror("nice(-20)");
return 1;
}
printf("MOVETEST, reniced to (-20).\n");
} else
{
printf("MOVETEST called by non-superuser, running with normal
priority.\n");
}
asm("cld\n\t": : :"cc");
for(;;) {
drain_cache();
zerotest();
drain_cache();
zerotest();
drain_cache();
test_1();
drain_cache();
test_1();
drain_cache();
test_2();
drain_cache();
test_2();
drain_cache();
test_3();
drain_cache();
test_3();
}
return 0;
}
