[PATCH] ARM: lib: use LDRD/STRD for data copy

Boojin Kim boojin.kim at samsung.com
Mon Mar 19 03:02:48 EDT 2012


This patch uses LDRD/STRD that loads and stores data as DWORD unit
for the copy of 8-words data.
It brings better performance than LDRM/STRM that was used originally.

Signed-off-by: Boojin Kim <boojin.kim at samsung.com>
Cc: Russell King <rmk+kernel at arm.linux.org.uk>
---
 arch/arm/lib/copy_from_user.S |   14 +++++++++-----
 arch/arm/lib/copy_template.S  |   10 ++++++----
 arch/arm/lib/copy_to_user.S   |   13 +++++++++----
 arch/arm/lib/memcpy.S         |   13 +++++++++----
 4 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm/lib/copy_from_user.S b/arch/arm/lib/copy_from_user.S
index 66a477a..15d1e1c 100644
--- a/arch/arm/lib/copy_from_user.S
+++ b/arch/arm/lib/copy_from_user.S
@@ -51,11 +51,6 @@
 	ldr1w \ptr, \reg4, \abort
 	.endm

-	.macro ldr8w ptr reg1 reg2 reg3 reg4 reg5 reg6 reg7 reg8 abort
-	ldr4w \ptr, \reg1, \reg2, \reg3, \reg4, \abort
-	ldr4w \ptr, \reg5, \reg6, \reg7, \reg8, \abort
-	.endm
-
 	.macro ldr1b ptr reg cond=al abort
 	ldrusr	\reg, \ptr, 1, \cond, abort=\abort
 	.endm
@@ -68,6 +63,15 @@
 	stmia \ptr!, {\reg1, \reg2, \reg3, \reg4, \reg5, \reg6, \reg7, \reg8}
 	.endm

+	.macro cpy8w dst src reg1 reg2 abort
+	.irp offset, #0, #8, #16, #24
+	ldr1w \src, \reg1, \abort
+	ldr1w \src, \reg2, \abort
+	strd \reg1, \reg2, [\dst, \offset]
+	.endr
+	add \dst, \dst, #32
+	.endm
+
 	.macro str1b ptr reg cond=al abort
 	str\cond\()b \reg, [\ptr], #1
 	.endm
diff --git a/arch/arm/lib/copy_template.S b/arch/arm/lib/copy_template.S
index 805e3f8..72640aa 100644
--- a/arch/arm/lib/copy_template.S
+++ b/arch/arm/lib/copy_template.S
@@ -28,9 +28,8 @@
  *	'ptr' to the next word. The 'abort' argument is used for fixup tables.
  *
  * ldr4w ptr reg1 reg2 reg3 reg4 abort
- * ldr8w ptr, reg1 reg2 reg3 reg4 reg5 reg6 reg7 reg8 abort
  *
- *	This loads four or eight words starting from 'ptr', stores them
+ *	This loads eight words starting from 'ptr', stores them
  *	in provided registers and increments 'ptr' past those words.
  *	The'abort' argument is used for fixup tables.
  *
@@ -47,6 +46,10 @@
  *	Same as their ldr* counterparts, but data is stored to 'ptr' location
  *	rather than being loaded.
  *
+ * cpy8w src dst reg1 reg2 abort
+ *	This loads eight words starting from 'src' and stores them to 'dst'.
+ *	The 'abort' argument is used for fixup tables.
+ *
  * enter reg1 reg2
  *
  *	Preserve the provided registers on the stack plus any additional
@@ -97,9 +100,8 @@
 	PLD(	pld	[r1, #92]		)

 3:	PLD(	pld	[r1, #124]		)
-4:		ldr8w	r1, r3, r4, r5, r6, r7, r8, ip, lr, abort=20f
+4:		cpy8w   r0, r1, r4, r5, abort=20f
 		subs	r2, r2, #32
-		str8w	r0, r3, r4, r5, r6, r7, r8, ip, lr, abort=20f
 		bge	3b
 	PLD(	cmn	r2, #96			)
 	PLD(	bge	4b			)
diff --git a/arch/arm/lib/copy_to_user.S b/arch/arm/lib/copy_to_user.S
index d066df6..9402a08 100644
--- a/arch/arm/lib/copy_to_user.S
+++ b/arch/arm/lib/copy_to_user.S
@@ -48,10 +48,6 @@
 	ldmia \ptr!, {\reg1, \reg2, \reg3, \reg4}
 	.endm

-	.macro ldr8w ptr reg1 reg2 reg3 reg4 reg5 reg6 reg7 reg8 abort
-	ldmia \ptr!, {\reg1, \reg2, \reg3, \reg4, \reg5, \reg6, \reg7, \reg8}
-	.endm
-
 	.macro ldr1b ptr reg cond=al abort
 	ldr\cond\()b \reg, [\ptr], #1
 	.endm
@@ -71,6 +67,15 @@
 	str1w \ptr, \reg8, \abort
 	.endm

+	.macro cpy8w dst src reg1 reg2 abort
+	.irp offset, #0, #8, #16, #24
+	ldrd \reg1, \reg2, [\src, \offset]
+	str1w \dst, \reg1, \abort
+	str1w \dst, \reg2, \abort
+	.endr
+	add \src, \src, #32
+	.endm
+
 	.macro str1b ptr reg cond=al abort
 	strusr	\reg, \ptr, 1, \cond, abort=\abort
 	.endm
diff --git a/arch/arm/lib/memcpy.S b/arch/arm/lib/memcpy.S
index a9b9e22..25320c9 100644
--- a/arch/arm/lib/memcpy.S
+++ b/arch/arm/lib/memcpy.S
@@ -24,10 +24,6 @@
 	ldmia \ptr!, {\reg1, \reg2, \reg3, \reg4}
 	.endm

-	.macro ldr8w ptr reg1 reg2 reg3 reg4 reg5 reg6 reg7 reg8 abort
-	ldmia \ptr!, {\reg1, \reg2, \reg3, \reg4, \reg5, \reg6, \reg7, \reg8}
-	.endm
-
 	.macro ldr1b ptr reg cond=al abort
 	ldr\cond\()b \reg, [\ptr], #1
 	.endm
@@ -40,6 +36,15 @@
 	stmia \ptr!, {\reg1, \reg2, \reg3, \reg4, \reg5, \reg6, \reg7, \reg8}
 	.endm

+	.macro cpy8w dst src reg1 reg2 abort
+	.irp offset, #0, #8, #16, #24
+	ldrd \reg1, \reg2, [\src, \offset]
+	strd \reg1, \reg2, [\dst, \offset]
+	.endr
+	add \src, \src, #32
+	add \dst, \dst, #32
+	.endm
+
 	.macro str1b ptr reg cond=al abort
 	str\cond\()b \reg, [\ptr], #1
 	.endm
--
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