[PATCH v2] ARM: Use udiv/sdiv for __aeabi_{u}idiv library functions

[Matt Sealey]

On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 5:00 PM, Stephen Boyd <sboyd at codeaurora.org> wrote:
> If we're running on a v7 ARM CPU, detect if the CPU supports the
> sdiv/udiv instructions and replace the signed and unsigned
> division library functions with an sdiv/udiv instruction.
>
> Running the perf messaging benchmark in pipe mode
>
>  $ perf bench sched messaging -p
>
> shows a modest improvement on my v7 CPU.
>
> before:
> (5.060 + 5.960 + 5.971 + 5.643 + 6.029 + 5.665 + 6.050 + 5.870 + 6.117 + 5.683) / 10 = 5.805
>
> after:
> (4.884 + 5.549 + 5.749 + 6.001 + 5.460 + 5.103 + 5.956 + 6.112 + 5.468 + 5.093) / 10 = 5.538
>
> (5.805 - 5.538) / 5.805 = 4.6%

Even with the change to the output constraint suggested by Mans, you
get absolutely identical benchmark results? There's a lot of variance
in any case..

BTW has there been any evaluation of the penalty for the extra
branching, or the performance hit for the ARMv7-without-division
cases?

Ta,
Matt Sealey <neko at bakuhatsu.net>