[PATCH v7 2/2] target/riscv: rvv: speed up small unit-stride loads and stores

[Craig Blackmore]

Calling `vext_continuous_ldst_tlb` for load/stores smaller than 12 bytes
significantly improves performance.

Co-authored-by: Helene CHELIN <helene.che...@embecosm.com>
Co-authored-by: Paolo Savini <paolo.sav...@embecosm.com>
Co-authored-by: Craig Blackmore <craig.blackm...@embecosm.com>

Signed-off-by: Helene CHELIN <helene.che...@embecosm.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Savini <paolo.sav...@embecosm.com>
Signed-off-by: Craig Blackmore <craig.blackm...@embecosm.com>
---
 target/riscv/vector_helper.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/target/riscv/vector_helper.c b/target/riscv/vector_helper.c
index 0f57e48cc5..529b4b261e 100644
--- a/target/riscv/vector_helper.c
+++ b/target/riscv/vector_helper.c
@@ -393,6 +393,22 @@ vext_ldst_us(void *vd, target_ulong base, CPURISCVState 
*env, uint32_t desc,
         return;
     }
 
+#if defined(CONFIG_USER_ONLY)
+    /*
+     * For data sizes < 12 bits we get better performance by simply calling
+     * vext_continuous_ldst_tlb
+     */
+    if (nf == 1 && (evl << log2_esz) < 12) {
+        addr = base + (env->vstart << log2_esz);
+        vext_continuous_ldst_tlb(env, ldst_tlb, vd, evl, addr, env->vstart, ra,
+                                 esz, is_load);
+
+        env->vstart = 0;
+        vext_set_tail_elems_1s(evl, vd, desc, nf, esz, max_elems);
+        return;
+    }
+#endif
+
     /* Calculate the page range of first page */
     addr = base + ((env->vstart * nf) << log2_esz);
     page_split = -(addr | TARGET_PAGE_MASK);
-- 
2.43.0