Re: [PATCH] MIPS: Rewrite `csum_tcpudp_nofold' in plain C

[Thomas Bogendoerfer]

On Sun, May 22, 2022 at 09:48:14PM +0100, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:
> Recent commit 198688edbf77 ("MIPS: Fix inline asm input/output type 
> mismatch in checksum.h used with Clang") introduced a code size and 
> performance regression with 64-bit code emitted for `csum_tcpudp_nofold' 
> by GCC, caused by a redundant truncation operation produced due to a 
> data type change made to the variable associated with the inline 
> assembly's output operand.
> 
> The intent previously expressed here with operands and constraints for 
> optimal code was to have the output operand share a register with one 
> inputs, both of a different integer type each.  This is perfectly valid 
> with the MIPS psABI where a register can hold integer data of different 
> types and the assembly code used here makes data stored in the output 
> register match the data type used with the output operand, however it 
> has turned out impossible to express this arrangement in source code 
> such as to satisfy LLVM, apparently due to the compiler's internal 
> limitations.
> 
> There is nothing peculiar about the inline assembly `csum_tcpudp_nofold' 
> includes however, though it does choose assembly instructions carefully.
> 
> Rewrite this piece of assembly in plain C then, using corresponding C 
> language operations, making GCC produce the same assembly instructions, 
> possibly shuffled, in the general case and sometimes actually fewer of 
> them where an input is constant, because the compiler does not have to 
> reload it to a register (operand constraints could be adjusted for that, 
> but the plain C approach is cleaner anyway).
> 
> Example code size changes are as follows, for a 32-bit configuration:
> 
>       text       data        bss      total filename
>    5920480    1347236     126592    7394308 vmlinux-old
>    5920480    1347236     126592    7394308 vmlinux-now
>    5919728    1347236     126592    7393556 vmlinux-c
> 
> and for a 64-bit configuration:
> 
>       text       data        bss      total filename
>    6024112    1790828     225728    8040668 vmlinux-old
>    6024128    1790828     225728    8040684 vmlinux-now
>    6023760    1790828     225728    8040316 vmlinux-c
> 
> respectively, where "old" is with the commit referred reverted, "now" is 
> with no change, and "c" is with this change applied.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Maciej W. Rozycki <macro@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Hi,
> 
>  I have visually inspected code produced and verified this change to boot 
> with TCP networking performing just fine, both with a 32-bit and a 64-bit 
> configuration.  Sadly with the little endianness only, because in the 
> course of this verification I have discovered the core card of my Malta 
> board bit the dust a few days ago, apparently in a permanent manner, and I 
> have no other big-endian MIPS system available here to try.
> 
>  The only difference between the two endiannesses is the left-shift 
> operation on (proto + len) however, which doesn't happen for big-endian 
> configurations, so the little endianness should in principle provide 
> enough coverage.
> 
>  Also I'm leaving it to LLVM folks to verify, however this is plain C, so 
> it is expected to just work.
> 
>  Please apply.
> 
>   Maciej
> ---
>  arch/mips/include/asm/checksum.h |   71 ++++++++++++++++++---------------------

applied to mips-next.

Thomas.

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